Property of the late Marcello Violante Filipp Andreevich Ma...

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£1,800

Property of the late Marcello Violante

Filipp Andreevich Malyavin (1869 - 1940)
Four portraits of women

1. 'Contadino con fazzoletto rosso'. Coloured crayon and charcoal on paper.


2. 'Ritratto di contadina'. Coloured crayon and charcoal on paper.


3. 'Ritratto di donna possibilmente la figlia dell'artista'. Coloured crayon and charcoal on paper.


4. 'Ritratto di giovane contadina / studio di...'. Coloured crayon and charcoal on paper.

Dimensions

1. (Paper) 33 in. (H) x 23.25 in. (W), (Frame) 45 in. (H) x 36 in. (W)


2. (Paper) 22 in. (H) x 16.75 in. (W), (Frame) 35 in. (H) x 28 in. (W)


3. (Paper) 22 in. (H) x 17 in. (W), (Frame) 35 in. (H) x 28 in. (W)


4. (Paper) 17 in. (H) x 12 in. (W), (Frame) 26 in. (H) x 20.5 in. (W)

Filipp Andreevich Malyavin (Russian) (October 22, 1869, Kazanka (Julian calendar: October 10) – December 23, 1940, Nice, France) was a Russian painter and draftsman. Trained in icon-painting as well as having studied under the great Russian realist painter Ilya Repin.

In 1900, Malyavin traveled to Paris, and took France by storm. French newspapers hailed him as "a credit to Russian painting," and Laughter was awarded a gold medal and bought by the Museo d'arte moderno in Venice. His work was suddenly in demand, with the Luxembourg Museum in Paris buying Three Women.

On returning to Russia, Malyavin married Natalia Novaak-Sarich, the daughter of a rich industrialist from Odessa and a private student at the Higher Art School. They settled in a village near Ryazan, and Malyavin devoted himself entirely to his art. His work began appearing in the salons of the World of Art group, and the Union of Russian Artists.