Portrait of the Actor Yu. M. Yuryev

ID:: 115
Inventory number:: Ж-115 КН-8181
Type:: Paintings
Material:: canvas
Techniques:: oil
Dimensions:: 130x228 cm
Author:: Oleksandr Laktionov; Oleksandr Ivanovych Laktionov was a Soviet painter. He was born in 1910 in the city of Rostov-on-Don and graduated from the Rostov Art School (1926-1929) and the Academy of Arts in Leningrad (1932-1938). He studied with I. Brodskyi. After completing the academic course, he completed postgraduate studies at the educational institution (1938-1944), where he was directed by I. Hrabar. Laktionov participated in exhibitions starting in 1929. His main works include "Letter to the Front" (1947), "In a New Fiat" (1952), and others. He lived and worked in Leningrad until 1940, in Zagorsk, Moscow Region (1944-1948), then in Moscow. He died in Moscow in 1972.
Date of creation:: 1948
Preservation:: Throughout the canvas, especially in its upper part, there are transverse cracks in the paint layer, tinted during restoration work. Along the edges, right and left, there are marks from the subframe. On the reverse side, at the top, right and bottom there are small areas of applied canvas.
Location:: unknown
Provenance:: The source of income is no t indicated in the old inventory books. The last entry was made on 11.21.1967
Date of record to the inventory book:: 11.08.1981

Item description from the inventory book:

Original. Among the antique furniture, against the background of a painting hanging on the wall, is a full-length depiction of a man in a tailcoat; on the lapel there are two orders. In his right hand is a gold pocket watch on a chain. Underfoot is a carpet with large floral patterns. Below, on the left - A. Laktionov 40-48.