Auction 158
By Sovcom
Apr 23, 2020
МОСКВА, УЛ. ЩЕПКИНА, Д. 28, Russia
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LOT 49:

Yakovlev Vasiliy Nikolayevich
Summer in the village.


Start price:
3,200,000 р
Estimated price :
3 200 000р - 6 000 000р
Buyer's Premium: 17% More details

Summer in the village.
Year: 1947-1948s.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Size: 79х168.

Signed and dated lower left. Certificate of I.E.Repin Center for Art Expertise.

Yakovlev Vasiliy Nikolayevich (1893, Moscow – 1953, Moscow).

Yakovlev V.N. is a Soviet artist. People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1943), Member of the USSR Union of Artists (1947). Laureate of the USSR State Prize. Laureate of the Stalin Prize. During 1914-1917 studied at Moscow College of Arts, Sculpture and Architecture under K.A. Korovin, S.V. Malutin. Gave lessons at VKHUTEMAS (Higher Art and Technical Studios) (1918-1922) and Moscow Art Institute named after V.I. Surickov (1948-50). Member of the Association of Revolutionary Russian Artists (since 1922). In 1938-1939 and 1949-1950 hold a post of the chief artist of the all-Soviet Agricultural Exhibition. During the World War II created a series of heroic portraits of depicting combat leaders, including the marshal G.K. Zhukov. Together with Sokolov-Skalia supervised works for restoration of Sevastopol Panorama by F.A. Rubo.