Bidspirit auction | Velts I.A.

Velts I.A. - Seascape.. Year:  1915 Technique:  Oil on canvas. Size:  35.5x49. Descripton:  Signed and dated lower left. Expertize:  Certificate of I.E. Grabar All-Russia Art Scientific Centre of Restoration. Velts Ivan Avgustovich (1866, Saratov - 1926, Leningrad). Painter, graphic artist. In 1885 - 1891 he studied at the Academy of Arts with M.K. Klodt. In 1892-1894 he was a pensioner of the Academy of Arts in Italy. Participant of exhibitions since 1887 (AH, MOLKH, St. Petersburg Society of Artists, etc.). Since 1909 - member of the Society named after. A.I. Kuindzhi. The works are kept in the State Tretyakov Gallery and in many museum and private collections.