Russian Beauty. 1952. Oil on Board. 72x50 cm. Signed and dated lower right.
An exquisite portrait of a village beauty by Alexandr Burak (1921–1997), one of the most famous Ural painters of the middle of the XX century. His epic paintings “Natural Ural”, “Stone belt”, “Ural…Ural…” are reasonably compared with the oeuvre of the artist A.K. Denisov-Uralsky and the writer D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak, whose creative work always were full of love and admiration of native land. He graduated from the architecture faculty of Novosibirsk institute of Civil engineering (1938–1943), at the same time he studied painting under the tutelage of Ivan Sliusarev. being a very fruitful artist he painted over 3000 pictures over his lifetime. He was an Honoured Artist of Russia and a constant participant of art exhibitions in Russia and abroad (e.g. his solo exhibitions were held in Marco Datrino Gallery in Italy). His paintings are represented in the State Tretyakov Gallery and other Moscow and regional museums of Russia.
"The Russian Beauty" (1952) by Aleksander Filippovich Burak (1921-1977)
This is a real gem of painting is in excellent condition. It's tastefully framed (size in a frame 92x68 cm) into a custom wooden framed with antique silver finish. Comes withthe certificate of authenticity from Leonid Shishkin Gallery.
