Vasyl Hryhorovych Krychevsky

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

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Description

Vasyl Hryhorovych Krychevsky
Sunrise at Sea, 1935
signed in Cyrillic and dated 35 (lower right); also signed and titled in Cyrillic, dated 1935, and inscribed 134 (on the reverse)
oil on cardboard
4 1/2 by 8 3/4 in.
11.6 by 22.3 cm

Provenance

Property of the artist's family
Zorya Fine Art Collection (acquired directly from the above)

Literature

Valentyna Ruban-Kravchenko, The Krychevskys and Ukrainian Art Culture of the XX Century, pp. 542 and 588, no. 799, illustrated

Catalogue Note

An important artist of the 20th century, Krychevsky was a founder and the first president of the Ukrainian Academy of Fine Art. Renowned for his landscapes and still life paintings, Krychevsky's sunny, harmonious colors were inspired by the light of southern Ukraine.