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Auction archive: Lot number 239

Ivan Yegorovich Bazanov (Russian b. 1946)

Estimate
£120 - £180
ca. US$157 - US$236
Price realised:
£220
ca. US$289
Auction archive: Lot number 239

Ivan Yegorovich Bazanov (Russian b. 1946)

Estimate
£120 - £180
ca. US$157 - US$236
Price realised:
£220
ca. US$289
Beschreibung:

Ivan Yegorovich Bazanov (Russian b. 1946) Narrow Street Flickering; Memorial House of the Painter E.V. Nagaievskaya Two, each signed and further signed, titled, dated 2002 and 2003, and inscribed to verso Each oil on canvas 22 x 14cm; 15 x 20cm The latter unframed (2) Provenance: Both acquired from a Moscow private collection by the current owner, 2009; A Private Collection of Soviet, Russian and Azerbaijani Art Literature: Natalia Alexandrova and Olga Polyanskaya, Beyond the Boundaries of Socialist Realism (Unicorn Press, 2015), pp. 233-237 (both illustrated) Lots 237-261 A Private Collection of Soviet, Russian and Azerbaijani Art This privately owned collection of Soviet, Russian and Azerbaijani art illustrates some of the most interesting aesthetic developments in the art of the former USSR in the 20th century. Stalin died in 1953, an event which led to a remarkable sequence of events in the Soviet art world. Over the course of the next decade, Nikita Khrushchev would release prisoners from labour camps, deliver a speech which denounced Stalin and authorise far greater freedom of artistic and personal expression. This period gradually became known as "The Thaw" and, in 1960, the All-Russian Union of Artists was organized, a body to which many of these artists in this group belonged. This was also the moment when the extraordinary holdings of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art in the Hermitage and Tretyakov became available for study by the artistic community. The effect was immediately felt and there is a generation of artists from 1960 onwards who echo the style, composition and aesthetic of the French forebears. Andriyaka (lots 247-249) Britov (lot 243), Redko (lots 240-242), Karasiov (lot 245) and, perhaps most importantly Sergei Tkachev (lot 252) exemplify this dynamic. The Socialist Realist style is captured by Redko (lots 240-242) with workers in the fields and the village landscapes of Radimov (lot 258) and Vasin (lot 254). However, the period after the Thaw was an exciting and febrile time when scientists, workers and engineers became the heroes of painting. From these economic and sociological changes, a style of painting known as "The Severe" was born. Obrosov was a leading pioneer of the Severe (lot 259). As an artist, he has received retrospective shows in the State Russian Museum and his work is held by the Tretyakov and other major institutions, yet he remains largely unknown in the West. The same could be said for many of the artists represented in this group, often carefully selected from the artists' studios. The Azerbaijani School is represented by a single, almost mystical composition (lot 246) which recalls the style of Chagall who, it must be remembered, was born in Belarus which was part of the USSR at the time. The group also contains a number of works by important female painters, for example, Natta Konysheva (lot 255) and Kalinicheva (lot 237) who has often too simply been regarded as Mrs Viktor Popkov the famous Severe artist. Many of these artists were teachers as well as practitioners and they willingly bore the responsibility for moulding the aesthetic styles of the current contemporary artists in Russia. This collection shines a much needed spotlight on undervalued and largely unrecognised talent. Read more »

Auction archive: Lot number 239
Auction:
Datum:
11 Dec 2019
Auction house:
Woolley and Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd
Castle Street 51-61
Salisbury Wiltshire, SP1 3SU
United Kingdom
enquiries@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
+44 (0)1722 424500
+44 (0)1722 424508
Beschreibung:

Ivan Yegorovich Bazanov (Russian b. 1946) Narrow Street Flickering; Memorial House of the Painter E.V. Nagaievskaya Two, each signed and further signed, titled, dated 2002 and 2003, and inscribed to verso Each oil on canvas 22 x 14cm; 15 x 20cm The latter unframed (2) Provenance: Both acquired from a Moscow private collection by the current owner, 2009; A Private Collection of Soviet, Russian and Azerbaijani Art Literature: Natalia Alexandrova and Olga Polyanskaya, Beyond the Boundaries of Socialist Realism (Unicorn Press, 2015), pp. 233-237 (both illustrated) Lots 237-261 A Private Collection of Soviet, Russian and Azerbaijani Art This privately owned collection of Soviet, Russian and Azerbaijani art illustrates some of the most interesting aesthetic developments in the art of the former USSR in the 20th century. Stalin died in 1953, an event which led to a remarkable sequence of events in the Soviet art world. Over the course of the next decade, Nikita Khrushchev would release prisoners from labour camps, deliver a speech which denounced Stalin and authorise far greater freedom of artistic and personal expression. This period gradually became known as "The Thaw" and, in 1960, the All-Russian Union of Artists was organized, a body to which many of these artists in this group belonged. This was also the moment when the extraordinary holdings of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art in the Hermitage and Tretyakov became available for study by the artistic community. The effect was immediately felt and there is a generation of artists from 1960 onwards who echo the style, composition and aesthetic of the French forebears. Andriyaka (lots 247-249) Britov (lot 243), Redko (lots 240-242), Karasiov (lot 245) and, perhaps most importantly Sergei Tkachev (lot 252) exemplify this dynamic. The Socialist Realist style is captured by Redko (lots 240-242) with workers in the fields and the village landscapes of Radimov (lot 258) and Vasin (lot 254). However, the period after the Thaw was an exciting and febrile time when scientists, workers and engineers became the heroes of painting. From these economic and sociological changes, a style of painting known as "The Severe" was born. Obrosov was a leading pioneer of the Severe (lot 259). As an artist, he has received retrospective shows in the State Russian Museum and his work is held by the Tretyakov and other major institutions, yet he remains largely unknown in the West. The same could be said for many of the artists represented in this group, often carefully selected from the artists' studios. The Azerbaijani School is represented by a single, almost mystical composition (lot 246) which recalls the style of Chagall who, it must be remembered, was born in Belarus which was part of the USSR at the time. The group also contains a number of works by important female painters, for example, Natta Konysheva (lot 255) and Kalinicheva (lot 237) who has often too simply been regarded as Mrs Viktor Popkov the famous Severe artist. Many of these artists were teachers as well as practitioners and they willingly bore the responsibility for moulding the aesthetic styles of the current contemporary artists in Russia. This collection shines a much needed spotlight on undervalued and largely unrecognised talent. Read more »

Auction archive: Lot number 239
Auction:
Datum:
11 Dec 2019
Auction house:
Woolley and Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd
Castle Street 51-61
Salisbury Wiltshire, SP1 3SU
United Kingdom
enquiries@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
+44 (0)1722 424500
+44 (0)1722 424508
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