Mexico City. Sokol Square, 1958, Oil on Board, 25x34.5 cm. Signed and inscribed verso. Also bears varios exhibton labels.
Impressionistic sunny and shadowy view of Mexican capital by prominent Russian artist
Romas Yakov Dorofeevich (1902–1969) People’s Artist of the USSR (1965), full member of the Academy of Fine Arts of the USSR (1958). The chief artist of All-Union Agricultural Exhibition (1950-1954). Studied at Moscow’s VKhuTeMas – VKhUTeIN (1924-1930). Soviet artist and one of the pioneers of Soviet design. Typical of his paintings are landscape compositions and with predominance of big water thematic (“On the rafts”, 1947, The State Tretyakov Gallery, State Prize of USSR, 1948).Works are preserved at the State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow), State Russian Museum(St. Petersburg), and in regional museums of ex-USSR.
"Mexico City. Sokol Square" (1958) by Yakov Dorofeevich Romas (1902-1969)
Small sized gem of painting by an important name. Created during the artist;s trip to South America in 1958. Quality wooden frame. Size in the frame 30x40 cm. Comes with the certificate of authenticity from Leonid Shishkin Gallery.
