Fine art always was my passion but living in USSR I couldn't even think about collecting the art works. After moving to USA I started carefully mining this market and was amazed how affordable could be a really nice piece of art.
Edith Alice ANDREWS. British. Born August 1900 -- Huntsham, Devon, Died 1940
Watercolor, Still life of flowers in a vase, signed. In some catalogs she is
listed as Edith Alice Andrews Cubitt.
Vassily P. Borisenkov. Russian. (St. Petersburg; 1 October 1924 -)
Borisenkov’s father was a merchant who became a farmer when the Communists “made everyone the same.” Vassily attended the St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts and credits his hometown as a great inspiration to him. Borisenkov, a lover of nature, claims that the outdoors represents “peace on earth.” His is one reason why he became so skilled in painting landscapes. Borisenkov subjects include the Black Sea, the Baltic republics and the Caucasus Mountains.
Oil on carton board.
Butakov Maksim Kharitonovich. Russian. Born 15.09.1916 Заслуженный художник РСФСР, член Союза Художников, зав. Кафедрой реставрационных мастерских.
Oil on board.
Drian. French. (1885-1961). Engraver, decorator, Drian is a talented interpreter of the Art déco fashion. He was born Adrien Desiré Étienne, into a peasant family in Lorraine. The chatelaine of the village took an interest in the talented boy, but was horrified by his desire to be an artist. So when Adrien Étienne went to Paris to study at the Académie Julian, he took the pseudonym Drian – his own first name, as his contemporaries heard it in his slurred Lorrain accent. He is often listed as Adrien Drian or Étienne Drian, but both are incorrect: the name Drian stands alone, like Erté.
Drypoint. Cocktail dresses. Signed on plate.
FOREMAN, Agnes E. (XIX-XX). British.
Oil on board.
Set of English Watercolors - there are from the XIX century student's sketch book.
Another pair of nautical watercolors - Brits love this theme
The next one is a very special item - Russian Icon dated back to 1914-1916 (popular subject in WWI period)
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Carl Wuttke. Born 1849 Trebnitz - Died 1927 Munich.
studied from 1871 to 73 at the academy of arts in Berlin, later in Munich. 1880 he became a Eugen Ducker's pupil in Duesseldorf. Its pictures are in postimpressionist style.
