Portrait of a Policeman. 1976. Oil on Board, 27.3x49.5 cm. Signed lower left.
A vivid alla prima work depicting a local police (militia) oficer on his motobike by Sergey Fedorovich Babkov (1920-1993)
Prominent Russian artist. Active in Leningrad. Born on Zlatoust, Ural. He studied at the Leningrad Secondary Art School, graduated in 1941. Participant of the WWII. He studied at the Leningrad Institute of painting, sculpture and architecture named after I. E. Repin at the faculty of painting (1946-1952). Took part in exhibitions since 1939; a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists since 1952. A member Of the Studio of military artists named after M. Grekov in the Leningrad group of marinists (1954-1963). Babkov paricipated in the exhibitions of Leningrad artists in Japan, France, Germany, Sweden, USA. They can be found at private collections in Russia and abroad.
"Portrait of a Policeman" (1976) by Sergey Fedorovich Babkov (1920-1993)
A vivid alla prima study of a policeman is tastefully mounted and framed into a vintage high quality frame to a high standard. It is also preserved under an art glass (almost invisible glass coated with a special antireflective coating) offering the supreme clarity and preserving the true color, texture and beauty of the framed artwork. The size in framed 55x74 cm. The works comes with the certificate from Leonid Shishkin Gallery confirming its authenticity.
