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AUCTION 32: APRIL 2022 DECORATIVE AND FINE ART SALE
Pyotr Bletkin (Georgian, Soviet, 1903 – 1988), oil on cardboard Post-Impressionist landscape painting (a well-known painter of the so-called Russian Expressionism).
Signed on the reverse. Professionally framed under glass.
Peter M. Bletkin was a famous Soviet and Georgian painter and graphic artist. Honored Artist of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1961). Bletkin was born in Tbilisi (Tiflis) on June 20, 1903. In 1915, Bletkin started his education in painting at the School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture. During the first year after opening the school was directed by famous artist and illustrator A. Kandaurov. From 1902 up to 1917, the school had been headed by well-known graphic artist and painter Oskar Schmerling. In 1923, Peter Bletkin entered the Tbilisi Academy of Arts. In 1929, Peter M. Bletkin graduated from Tbilisi State Academy of Art, as a specialty – painter. From 1928 to 1932 he worked at the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet as a decorator. In 1932 he joined the Union of Artists of Georgia. In 1958, for their work, the artist was awarded "Badge of Honor". In 1961 P. Bletkin was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.
Provenance: Purchased in Tbilisi, Georgia in the 1980s from the family of the artist by a prominent collector of the Georgian art and later by the recent owner.
Dimensions: 14 3/4 x 13 in., (37.5 x 33 cm.)
Condition: Very good, framed, no signs of restoration.
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