Code: 6050
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A very beautiful 1930's impressionist oil on canvas depicting a landscape in Provence, by Yuri Yuryevich Cherkessof.
Superb quality work by this important Russian painter who moved to Paris in 1925. Presented in a fine painted wood Montparnasse frame. Atelier stamp on the reverse.
Artist: Yuri Yuryevich Cherkessof (Russian, 1900-1943)
Title: Vue de Provence
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 22 x 29 inches (56 x 74 cm) including the frame
Yuri Yuryevich Cherkessof was a descendant of Decembrist Vasily Ivashev. He studied under Petrov-Vodkin and was married to Alexandre Benois' daughter, Anna. He moved to Paris in 1925 where he worked as a painter and as a book illustrator. His portrait was painted by Z. Serebryakova and E. Benois.
