Alexander Ivanovich Vovk (1922-2004) - Lenin in Razliv

Painting of Soviet social realism by Alexander Ivanovich Vovk (1922-2004), Lenin in Razliv, oil on cardboard, 54x45 cm, year 1967. Signed. No reserve price. The frame is new and is provided as a gift.
The painting will be sold with authentication on a photograph, which includes the export permit and the appraisal from the Chernihiv Museum, signed by the director, an expert, stamped, with the archive reference number and the date. (see photo).

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biography:

Ukrainian Soviet painter and graphic artist. Awarded the honor of “People’s Artist of the USSR,” he was born on November 22, 1922 in the city of Kyiv. He participated in World War II, where he earned various military distinctions. Husband of the famous Ukrainian artist Nadezhda Sirotenko. From 1944 to 1950 he studied at the Kyiv Art Institute, where his teachers were A. A. Shovkunenko, A. I. Sirotenko, A. I. Fomin, T. N. Yablonskaya. From 1949, he participated in republican, union, and foreign art exhibitions. The thesis “The People of the Collective Farm” was awarded at the Universal Exposition. Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR since 1950. He worked in easel painting. Master of themed paintings, portraits and landscapes. In 1964 he received a state prize for the painting “T. Shevchenko in his native land.” In 1985, Alexander Ivanovich Vovk was awarded the title of “Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR.” In 2003 he was awarded the Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 3rd class. He died in 2004.