Daria Khristova nee Chernenko
Department Director
Lot 37*
Vadim Dmitrievitch Falileev(1879-1950)Blizzard
1 December 2021, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£2,000 - £4,000
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Jacqueline Senior
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Vadim Dmitrievitch Falileev (1879-1950)
Blizzard
signed in Latin (lower right)
oil on canvas
114 x 155.3cm (44 7/8 x 61 1/8in).
signed in Latin (lower right)
oil on canvas
114 x 155.3cm (44 7/8 x 61 1/8in).
Footnotes
Provenance
Private collection, Rome
On finishing agricultural college, Falileev continued his studies at Panza Art School (1899-1901) and then at Kiev Art School (1901-1902), entering the Imperial Arts Academy in 1903. His first exhibited works were coloured woodcuts and linocuts which were then shown at Mir Iskusstva salons (World of Art) in St. Petersburg.
Falileev had become captivated by Italy, so that when he was awarded the pensioner's trip abroad, he moved to Italy and was allowed to extend his graduate period there, moving permanently to Rome in 1928. He travelled around the world and exhibited in Paris, the USA and Canada.
In 1971, an exhibition of Falileev's works was held in the State Russian Museum and the artist was recognised as a significant painter-engraver influenced by the Old Masters. Important works such as engravings and prints are in many museum collections (such as Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, the State Tretyakov Gallery, the State Russian Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York) and the present painting demonstrates the skill of the artist in oils.