Bidspirit auction | Boris Vyacheslavovich Jordansky (1903-1983) ”View

Boris Vyacheslavovich Jordansky (1903-1983) ”View of the Kremlin and Red Square”. The middle of the XX century. Paper, mixed media, 10x25 cm Preservation: tears and loss of the base..Without a signature. - A small panoramic sheet with a recognizable silhouette of the Kremlin and Red Square is designed as a living urban improvisation. The artist builds a view on the contrast of architectural verticals and the extended horizontal of the square, turning the famous Moscow motif into a single rhythmic image with alternating towers, domes and the ”pulsation” of the urban environment. Mixed media makes it possible to achieve both lightness and expressiveness: subtle linear accents capture contours and promising hints, and color spots assemble the composition into a decorative whole. The sheet is perceived not as a documentary sketch, but as an emotional urban sketch — a quick, accurate impression of a place where history and everyday life merge into a single visual symbol. The work is of interest as a chamber type work of the mid-20th century; the condition (tears and loss of foundation) and the absence of a signature must be taken into account when attributing and exhibiting. Boris Vyacheslavovich Jordansky (1903-2003) was a Soviet painter, graphic artist, muralist, and decorator. Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. He studied at the VKhUTEIN in Moscow (1922-1939) with A.V. Shevchenko and N.I. Shestakov. Member of the AHRR and the AHR (1928-1931). Participant of exhibitions since 1929. In the 1920s and 1940s he worked mainly as a designer. Winner of the Grand Prix of the World's Fair in Paris (1937). He executed monumental murals for the lobby of the Dobryninskaya metro station. He worked at the Detgiz publishing house. He created a number of lampshades: ”Victory” in the Metrostroy Palace of Culture (1944-1946), ”Petrograd in 1917” in the October Hall of the Central Museum of the Revolution of the USSR (1947-1948) in Moscow. The works are kept in the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Museum of Modern History of Russia, and private Russian and Western collections.