NIKOLAI NIKOLAEVICH BASKAKOV

(Russian, 1918-1993)

EVENING FLOWERS

Oil on Canvas

35 x 50 Inches

Signed Lower Left

In an Exceptionally Fine Hand-Carved and Water-Gilded Frame

Born in Astrakhan City, Nikolai Baskakov first studied at the Leningrad Institute with Boris Fogel and Alexander Zaytsev.  A leading member of the St. Petersburg Union of Artists, Baskakov is regarded as one of the foremost representatives of the Leningrad School of Painting.  He is known primarily for genre and historical scenes painted in a vivid, Impressionist style.  Baskakov’s work is held in museums throughout Russia including the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg.  We are pleased to offer a major genre painting by this important Russian artist. 

Reference:

Three Centuries of Russian Painting, Oleg & Svetlana Chekhonina, Kitezh Art Publishers, St.Petersburg, 1994, p.403 (Illustrated);  Artists of the USSR. Biography Dictionary. Volume 1, p.298–299;  Dictionary of 20th Century Russian and Soviet Painters 1900-1980s;  Soviet Impressionism. p.186–188;  Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School  p.9, 20, 24, 357, 388-401, 403-406, 439;    Artists of Peter's Academy of Arts and Sciences. p. 22–23.1991. – 104; Vianor A. Kirillov. Nikolai Nikolaevich Baskakov; et al.