Liubov Sergeevna Popova (1889-1924) - Composition






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Oil on canvas titled Composition by Liubov Sergeevna Popova (1889–1924), in original edition from the 1900s–1910s, 51 × 37 cm without a frame, hand-signed, in discrete condition, Italy, Futurism style.
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Oil on canvas, unframed 51x37 cm
Conditions as reported in the lotto photos.
Shipping outside the European Union is not carried out.
Lyubov Sergeyevna Popova, born in 1889 in the thriving textile city of Ivanovo, Russia, was not merely a painter; she was a visionary architect of form and color, a passionate theorist and a fervent advocate of the power of art to remodel society. Her life, though tragically cut short at only thirty-five in 1924, unfolded against the backdrop of immense upheavals—the final years of Tsarist Russia, the revolution, and the birth of a new Soviet aesthetic. Born into a prosperous family—her father, Sergei Maximovich Popov, was a successful textile merchant with an innate appreciation for artistic expression—Popova enjoyed advantages that allowed her early inclinations toward art to blossom. This privileged education provided access to quality training and exposure to creative possibilities, laying the foundations for her future contributions to the avant-garde movement. Her initial training in Moscow with artists such as Stanislav Zhukovsky, Konstantin Yuon, and Ivan Dudin instilled a solid academic base, but it was her stay in Paris from 1912 to 1913 that proved truly transformative.
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Oil on canvas, unframed 51x37 cm
Conditions as reported in the lotto photos.
Shipping outside the European Union is not carried out.
Lyubov Sergeyevna Popova, born in 1889 in the thriving textile city of Ivanovo, Russia, was not merely a painter; she was a visionary architect of form and color, a passionate theorist and a fervent advocate of the power of art to remodel society. Her life, though tragically cut short at only thirty-five in 1924, unfolded against the backdrop of immense upheavals—the final years of Tsarist Russia, the revolution, and the birth of a new Soviet aesthetic. Born into a prosperous family—her father, Sergei Maximovich Popov, was a successful textile merchant with an innate appreciation for artistic expression—Popova enjoyed advantages that allowed her early inclinations toward art to blossom. This privileged education provided access to quality training and exposure to creative possibilities, laying the foundations for her future contributions to the avant-garde movement. Her initial training in Moscow with artists such as Stanislav Zhukovsky, Konstantin Yuon, and Ivan Dudin instilled a solid academic base, but it was her stay in Paris from 1912 to 1913 that proved truly transformative.
