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Georgy Gurianov
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description
- Georgy Gurianov
- Two Sailors
- signed and titled in Cyrillic and dated 2003-4 on the reverse
- acrylic and pencil on canvas
- 100 by 100cm, 39 1/4 by 39 1/4 in.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner
Catalogue Note
A proponent of Neo-Academism, Gurianov is known for recycling Socialist Realist motifs. In 1991, he turns to the subject of heroic sportsmen and sailors which was to become a dominant theme in his art. As art historian Edward Lucie-Smith notes, these works were 'influenced by official Soviet painting, and particularly by its celebration of athletes and the navy. He gives these representations a slight satirical edge, which marks the difference between his version of these themes and the original Soviet version...but with a touch of nostalgia'. In the offered lots he features athletic young sailors against backdrop of sky.