RUSSIAN RURAL CHARCOAL PAINTING BY SACHA MOLDOVAN

RUSSIAN RURAL CHARCOAL PAINTING BY SACHA MOLDOVAN
Sacha Moldovan, Russian, American, 1901 to 1982, charcoal painting on paper a rural house view. Signed on the backside. Framed. Sacha Moldovan was a Russian born American expressionist and post impressionist painter. He is known for Still life, landscape, figure painting. He studied at the Academie Julian and the Academie Chaumiere. It was during this time that Moldovan developed his painting style of strong outlines in thick, intensely colored paint. He studied paintings in the Louvre and traveled around Europe to admire the works of Matisse, Van Gough, and Bonnard. From 1927 to 1933, Moldovan exhibited his work in various salons and galleries, including the VIII Salon des Tuilleries, the Societe des Artists Independants, Galeries Carmine, first one man exhibition, and the Galerie de la Renaissance Exhibition, which showed the work of forty five American Artists working in Paris. Before World War II, Moldovan traveled back to New York and worked on multiple public art projects and murals under the Federal Arts Project of the Works Progress Administration. Moldovan continued to exhibit his work in many shows in New York, Washington D.C., and Paris and finally retired in Yorktown Heights, New York in 1975. One of a kind artwork.

Dimensions
Overall size: Frame 23 3/4 x 18 3/4 in. Image 23 x 17 in. All measurements are approximate.

Condition
Overall good vintage condition. Signs of age and wear. Refer to photos. Sold As Is.