Bidspirit auction | Terpsikhorov N.B.

Terpsikhorov N.B. - A road to school.. Year:  1910s Technique:  Oil on canvas. Size:  57.5x75.5. Descripton:  Signed lower right. Expertize:  Certificate of I.E. Grabar All-Russia Art Scientific Centre of Restoration. Terpsikhorov Nikolai Borisovich (1890, St. Petersburg - 1960, Moscow). Studied in Moscow at the art school of K.F. Yuon and I. Dudin, at the school of painting and drawing by V.N. Meshkova, then to the MUZHVZ with A.M. Vasnetsova, K.A. Korovina, K.N. Kasatkina. Participated in the civil war in the ranks of the Red Army. Since 1922, he has been an active member of the AHRR, participant in all eleven exhibitions of the association (1922-1929). One of the most consistent adherents of Ahrrov ideology and aesthetics. Many of the artist’s works are devoted to military and revolutionary themes; in his work, he often glorified the “happy childhood of Soviet children” and the “joys of a peaceful life”, and reflected the “struggle against the remnants” of bourgeois society. Traveled a lot around the country. Inspired by a trip to Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, he created a series of genre paintings. The artist’s works are presented in the State Tretyakov Gallery and the State Russian Museum.