Bidspirit auction | Victor Ufimtsev (Russian, 1899-1964) (attributed)

Victor Ufimtsev (Russian, 1899-1964) (attributed) - Victor Ufimtsev (Russian, 1899-1964) (attributed), mixed media on cardboard, signed l.r., 40,5 x 50,5 cm. Notes Viktor Ivanovich Ufimtsev (1899–1964). Born Perm Governorate; raised in Omsk. Studied under A. Klementyev; embraced Futurism after meeting David Burliuk (1918), co-founding the group ”Chervonnaya Troika” (1921–23) with N. Mamontov, poet L. Martynov and composer V. Shebalin. Met Mayakovsky and Meyerhold in Moscow (1923), then traveled to Central Asia, living in Samarkand, Bukhara and Tashkent (1923–25) alongside A. Volkov and A. Nikolaev (Usto Mumin). Extensive travels through Central Asia, Siberia, the Caucasus and Far East followed, culminating in the acclaimed 1931 ”Turksib” gouache series. Settled permanently in Uzbekistan in 1934 (chief artist, Khamza Theatre, Tashkent). Co-founded and later chaired the Union of Artists of Uzbek SSR (from 1940); pioneered the historical-revolutionary genre in Central Asian painting. Named People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1944); taught in Tashkent through the 1950s–60s, with late-career trips to India, Afghanistan and Tunisia. Versatile across graphics, posters, collage, portraiture and landscape. Solo shows in Novosibirsk (1921), Samarkand (1924), Omsk (1926), and Tashkent (1959–61). Held in: State Tretyakov Gallery, State Russian Museum, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Omsk Regional Museum of Fine Arts, State Art Museum of Uzbekistan, Karakalpakstan State Museum of Art (Nukus).