Bidspirit auction | Pantyukhov I.O.

Pantyukhov I.O. - Naked girl.. Year:  1963 Technique:  Oil on canvas. Size:  50x40. Pantyukhov Igor Olegovich (1911, Tsarskoye Selo, St. Petersburg – 1972, New York) American artist of Russian origin. In 1927-1932 he studied at the National Academy of Design in New York. In 1933, a portrait he painted was placed on the cover of the magazine ”Town and Country”, after which his career as a salon portrait artist began to take off. He painted portraits of many celebrities in the USA and Europe, including representatives of the Ford, Rockefeller, Forestale families, and the Royal Family of Monaco. His works were bought by F. Sinatra, J. Kennedy, H. Hughes, A. Onassis. The author's works are in private collections in Russia, the USA and other countries.