Russian Forest
Grigorij Ivanovich Gurkin (Ulala 1870 - Tuva 1937)
Lot-No. 45
Oil/canvas, 112,5 x 76,5 cm, lo. le. cyrillic sign. a. dat. G. Gurkin 98, on the stretcher inscribed, min. dam. - Russian landscape painter. G. worked as icon painter before enrolling at the St. Petersburg academy in 1897. Soon I. Shishkin was a promoter of G. who soon developed into a sought-after landscape painter. He also worked in the Altai region a. Mongolia. He exhibited since 1900, in 1903 with the Peredvishniki. G. is a pioneer of Siberian painting.
Grigorij Ivanovich Gurkin: Russian Forest
Grigorij Ivanovich Gurkin (Ulala 1870 - Tuva 1937)
Russian Forest
Lot-No. 45
Oil/canvas, 112,5 x 76,5 cm, lo. le. cyrillic sign. a. dat. G. Gurkin 98, on the stretcher inscribed, min. dam. - Russian landscape painter. G. worked as icon painter before enrolling at the St. Petersburg academy in 1897. Soon I. Shishkin was a promoter of G. who soon developed into a sought-after landscape painter. He also worked in the Altai region a. Mongolia. He exhibited since 1900, in 1903 with the Peredvishniki. G. is a pioneer of Siberian painting.