Samokhvalov, Alexander Nikolayevich (1894 Bezhetsk - 1971 Leningrad)

Lot 1816 limit € 80

Watercolour, patriotic speech of a U-boat commander in front of his crew at the pier in the harbour, signed lower right, gold-coloured framing, behind glass in a passe-partout with a gold border on the inside, sheet cut-out approx. 31 x 21 cm, with frame approx. 40 x 49 cm, The Russian painter Alexander Nikolajewitsch Samochvalow was active in many ways: among other things as a graphic artist, illustrator, sculptor and stage designer, he is considered the founder and a valued member of the Leningrad School of Painting and the Leningrad Artists' Union, his works are represented in numerous museums, including in Saint Petersburg or in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.