Bidspirit auction | BORIS RIAB, ”HUNTING DOG”

BORIS RIAB, ”HUNTING DOG” - ”Hunting Dog”, a hand colored engraving by listed artist, Boris Riab. Signed lower right in pencil and housed in a wooden frame under glass. Measures in frame, 26.75'' H x 21'' W. In 1917, Riab's family fled Russia after the Bolshevik Party gained power. Pursuing hunting and sport, he traveled through out the world before he settled in France in 1927. It was then he changed his last name from Riabouchinsky to Riab. Riab mostly painted watercolors of hunting dog portraits and wild fowl. He also printed limited edition engravings of studies of setters, spaniels, retrievers, ducks, pheasants, pointers, partridges, snipes, and woodcocks.