ArtistSokolov, Nikolai Aleksandrovich

Artist Years1903-2000

Artist NationalityRussian

TitlePeaceful River

Year1968

MediumPainting > Oil

DimensionsCanvas: 20 X 14 inches

ProvenanceEx collection Gekkoso Gallery, Tokyo

Accession NumberRC1516

NotesSokolov was born in Tzaritsin (now Volgograd). He graduated from the National University of Fine Arts in 1929. Hero of Socialist Labor of the USSR, full Member of the USSR Academy of Arts, People's Artist of the USSR, awarded the Order of Lenin, the Lenin Prize, the State Prize of the USSR (six times), member of the jury of the Soviet Art Exhibition.
His works were exhibited at The Second Russia Conference, 1976 and The Soviet National Treasure Painting Exhibition. He exhibited extensively in Tokyo and Nagoya in the 1960s and 70s.

Note:
Nikolai Sokolov was a member of the important Soviet art collective known as the KuKriNiksky, comprised of Sokolov, Mikhail Kupriyanov and Porfiry Krylov. The KuKriNiksky created the most famous anti-Nazi propaganda and satiric artwork of World War II. In addition to their work as graphic artists each member of the KuKriNiksky had individual careers as painters. Sokolov's landscapes are intimate and display the romantic influence of his teacher Mikhail Nesterov. Through his work with the KuKriNiksky Sokolov's works are kept and exhibited in every major Russian museum and are also in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, The Art Institute of Chicago, MOMA New York, and the Cooper Hewitt Museum.
(source: Vail International Gallery)