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Fine Art
Male Head
- ID:
- 1066
- Inventory number:
- Гр-379 КН-12570
- Type:
- Graphics
- Material:
- paper
- Techniques:
- Italian pencil
- Dimensions:
- 17.5x20.5 cm
- Author:
- Borys Shcherbakov
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Borys Valentynovych Shcherbakov was a Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist. Born on March 25 (April 7), 1916 in Petrograd. From 1933 to 1939 he studied at the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. His teachers were V. Yakovlev, P. Shukhmin, and I. Brodskyi. He worked on church frescoes in Kyiv. From the 1950s to 1960s he painted portraits of prominent people of his time, in particular K. Fedin, V. Toporkov, I. Kozhedub, and others. Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR (1944). People's Artist of the RSFSR (1981). People's Artist of the USSR (1986). His paintings are kept in many museums around the world. He lived and worked in Moscow. Died on July 25, 1995.
- Date of creation:
- 1956
- Preservation:
- The paper yellowed
- Location:
- unknown
- Provenance:
- Recorded in the inventory on 11/21/1967. Source of income is not specified.
- Date of record to the inventory book:
- 09.11.1981
Item description from the inventory book:
A drawing of a man's head with a bald spot. The image is shown in profile. At the bottom right — the artist's signature. Below — the inscription: "Astoru" Dresden. 56
