Boris Sporykhin (Russian, b.1928)
Boris Sporykhin (Russian, b.1928)
STUDY FOR THE PAINTING KORTIK, 1953
Oil on board
37.5 x 46cm
Boris Sporykhin was born in Rostov-Don in 1928. He studied at Art Studio in Rostov-Don from 1939 to 1941, graduating from Rostov-Don Art College in 1950 and from Surikov Art Institute in Moscow in 1956.
Sporykhin specialises in thematic paintings, portrait, landscapes and still life. A Member of the Union of Artists since 1956, his major shows have included 'Soviet Russia', Moscow in 1960 and solo exhibitions in Rostov-Don in 1968, 1978 and 1989. He became an Honoured Artist in 1997 and then a People's Artist in 2006.
His paintings have been acquired by the Rostov-Don Centre Museum, and the Art Museum in Tobolsk and Starocherkask. Many of his works are also in private collections in Russia, Great Britain, Germany and USA.
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
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Boris Sporykhin (Russian, b.1928)
STUDY FOR THE PAINTING KORTIK, 1953
Oil on board
37.5 x 46cm
Boris Sporykhin was born in Rostov-Don in 1928. He studied at Art Studio in Rostov-Don from 1939 to 1941, graduating from Rostov-Don Art College in 1950 and from Surikov Art Institute in Moscow in 1956.
Sporykhin specialises in thematic paintings, portrait, landscapes and still life. A Member of the Union of Artists since 1956, his major shows have included 'Soviet Russia', Moscow in 1960 and solo exhibitions in Rostov-Don in 1968, 1978 and 1989. He became an Honoured Artist in 1997 and then a People's Artist in 2006.
His paintings have been acquired by the Rostov-Don Centre Museum, and the Art Museum in Tobolsk and Starocherkask. Many of his works are also in private collections in Russia, Great Britain, Germany and USA.
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
