Hawthornes Antiques

Description

Oil on board by Russian (Soviet era) artist Ivan Sorokin.

Thickly and loosely applied oil paint depicting a well within a winter scene. Housed within a black frame with gold detail bar.

In good vintage order, evidence of previous use to frame

Dimensions in cm

Frame 50 x 39.5. Board 34 x 23.5
Sorokin, Ivan
1922-2004
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People’s Artist of the Russian Federation (1990).
Associate of the Russian Academy of Arts
Member of the Artists’ Union (USSR, 1955)
Honorary Artist of the Russian Federation
Secretary of the Board of the Artist’s Union (USSR, 1988–1992)
Member of the Russian Academy of Arts (1997)
Awarded:
• Ilya Repin State Prize of the Russian Federation (1980)
• Gold medal of the Russian Academy of Arts (1999)
• Moscow Government prize in the field of literature and arts for a series of paintings dedicated to Moscow (2000)
1943–1945 – studied art in the Mitrofan Grekov studio of war painters
1945–1961 – a student of Sergei Gerasimov at the Surikov Art Institute

His paintings can be found in
• Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow)
• Russian Museum (St. Petersburg)
• public museums and private collections in Russia, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, USA, Belgium and Canada.

Exhibitions:

Ivan Sorokin began to show his paintings at public art exhibitions in 1944. His paintings were exhibited in UK, France, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Japan, Sweden, Canada and other countries.

Personal exhibitions:

Sorokin had his one-man shows in Moscow (1980, 1992 and 1998) and Berlin (1997).