Bidspirit auction | Vassily Orlov

Vassily Orlov - ”Going Home”, 1970s, oil on cardboard, Framed, Size in a Frame - 9 x7 inches.. Excellent condition. Small scratches at frame's corners. Vassily Orlov (1910-2010 ) , was born in Graivoron in the Kursk Region. Finished his studies at the Kharkov Fine art High School in 1932. He was professor at the Studio of Taganrog Fine arts. At the beginning of Second war he fled the USSR for Germany to return in the late 1940's he became a Member of the union of Artists and exhibited many works in local and foreign Museums.In 1997, several works by Vasily Orlov (among them - a painting ”In the native land”) was presented and sold at «Christie's» auction. Its centenary Vasily Orlov noted solo exhibition at the Taganrog Museum of Art. His works are in the Taganrog Art Museum, private collections in Russia, USA, Canada, Italy, Germany, France.