Russian Cubist Still Life Composition Lyubov Popova,signed in Cyrllic.

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The work I am offering appears to be in the style of a Russian Cubist figure Composition Lyubov Popova 1889-1924 Russian. Description: Cubist Figure. Bears the signature in Cyrillic for Russian? Medium: Watercolour over pencil on paper. This is not a print but an actual hand painted work Dimensions: 14 x 11 inches (this measurement includes an Artist's Mount) ACQUIRED FROM AN EMIGRE OF EASTERN EUROPE. LOW STARTING PRICE NO RESERVE THE FRAME IS FOR DISPLAY ONLY AND NOT PART OF THE SALE. Selling works on eBay and by direct mail to galleries and private clients throughout the world has been our business for some years now. In a highly competitive market place, our expertise lies in being able to uncover work from unusual and unlikely sources. The major galleries and auction galleries can offer you work's with confirmed attribution and proven provenance, but at prices that reflect this. We find works of excellant quality, where the attribution has not always been confirmed (which is often an expensive and error-prone process) or where the provenance has been broken or lost. This allows us to offer fabulous works at low prices. Our expertise lies in 20th Century art and have a few choice items at auction at any one time. Great art sits at the pinnacle of human achievement and we are all privileged to be handling such works. Lyubov Popova From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Lyubov Popova Air+Man+Space , 1912 Born April 24, 1889Ivanovskoe Died May 25, 1924 (aged 35) Nationality Russian Field Painting Movement Cubo-Futurism Suprematism Constructivism (art) Lyubov Sergeyevna Popova ( Russian : Любо́вь Серге́евна Попо́ва ; April 24, 1889 – May 25, 1924) was a Russian avant-garde artist ( Cubist , Suprematist and Constructivist ), painter and designer . As a female, she was also a comparative rarity in the male-dominated world of Soviet art . Contents 1 Early life 2 Travels 3 Development of style: Cubo-Futurism 4 Suprematism 5 Constructivism 6 Exhibitions 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Early life Popova was born in Ivanovskoe , near Moscow , to the wealthy family of Sergei Maximovich Popov, a very successful textile merchant and vigorous patron of the arts, and Lyubov Vasilievna Zubova, who came from a highly cultured family. Lyubov Sergeyevna had two brothers and a sister: Sergei was the eldest, then Lyubov, Pavel and Olga. Pavel became a philosopher and the guardian of his sister's artistic legacy. [1 ] She grew up with a strong interest in art, especially Italian Renaissance painting. At eleven years old she began formal art lessons at home; by the age of 18 she was studying with Stanislav Zhukovsky , and in 1908 entered the private studios of Konstantin Yuon and Ivan Dudin . Travels Popova traveled widely to investigate and learn from diverse styles of painting, but it was the ancient Russian icons , the paintings of Giotto , and the works of the 15th and 16th century Italian painters which interested her the most. In 1909 she traveled to Kiev , then in 1910 to Pskov and Novgorod . The following year she visited other ancient Russian cities, including St. Petersburg , to study icons. In 1912 she worked in a Moscow studio known as "The Tower" with Ivan Aksenov and Vladimir Tatlin , and also visited Sergei Shchukin 's collection of modern French paintings. In 1912–1913 she studied art with Nadezhda Udaltsova in Paris , where she met Alexander Archipenko and Ossip Zadkine in 1913. After returning to Russia that same year, she worked with Tatlin, Udaltsova and the Vesnin brothers . In 1914 she traveled in France and Italy at the development of Cubism and Futurism .[ 2] Development of style: Cubo-Futurism Through a synthesis of styles Popova worked towards what she termed painterly architectonics . After first exploring Impressionism , by 1913, in Composition with Figures , she was experimenting with the particularly Ru... read more

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