GOURI IVANOV-RINOV Signed Oil on Panel 1958

GOURI IVANOV-RINOV Signed Oil on Panel 1958, signature to lower right reads ‘GOURI Ivanov-Rinov 58’, subject three clowns playing instruments with geese, measures 11 5/8 x 17 inches, some losses to edge of piece, not framed, Born in Russian Siberia to a Siberian Cossack family. His father was the military governor of Turkestan. During the Russian civil war, the family fled to Tientsin, China. Immigrating to the United States in 1922, Ivanov-Rinov became interested in art and studied with Alexander Iacovleff at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston during the 1930s. He designed stage sets for the University Players in the early 1930s and for the St. Louis Community Playhouse from the late 1930s until the early 1940s- Smithsonian GOURI Ivanov-Rinov, signed, oil on board, oil on panel, 20th century art, clown, goose, birds, farm animal, artwork, wall art, home decor. 11s