Bidspirit auction | BORIS RIAB, ”COCKER SPANIEL WITH

BORIS RIAB, ”COCKER SPANIEL WITH A WOODCOCK” - ”Cocker Spaniel with a Woodcock”, a signed etching by listed artist, Boris Riab. Signed lower right in pencil and professionally framed under glass. This artwork measures in the frame, 27'' H x 19.5'' W. Riab was to become one of France's most accomplished painters of sporting dogs, waterfowl and gamebirds. Born Boris Riabouchinsky into a prosperous Moscow family, he was introduced to nature and hunting on his family's estate. He learned to speak French, English, German and Italian, and showed artistic talent, which he utilized to capture sketches of his hunting trips. Riab enrolled in the Moscow Academy of Fine Arts and studied under Visotsky and Stepanoff.