Bidspirit auction | Lapshin G.A.

Lapshin G.A. - Still Life with Flowers.. Year:  1920s-1930s. Technique:  Oil on canvas. Size:  65х91,5. Descripton:  Signed lower left. Expertize:  Certificate by the Center of Artistic Expertise named after I.E. Repin. Lapshin Georgy Alexandrovich (1885 – 1950). Born in Moscow. In the early 1900s he studied at the Stroganov School. In 1906 - 1909 he lived in Paris, studied with F. Cormon and J. Lhermitte. Returning to Moscow, he took part in the exhibition of the Independent group (1910), and became the founder and regular participant in the “Free Creativity” exhibitions (1911 – 1917). In 1918 - 1922, works were exhibited in Moscow: at the 1st and 2nd exhibitions of paintings of the Professional Union of Moscow Painters (1918), the 2nd State Exhibition of Paintings (1919), the 47th exhibition of the TPHV (1922), as well as at the 1st Russian Art Exhibition in Berlin (1922). In 1924 he moved to Paris. He painted impressionistic landscapes, flowers and still lifes. He designed operas for the Opera-Comique (1935), the Barcelona Opera and the Lithuanian State Theatre. He designed the sets for the Parisian music hall Folies Bergere and the Sesame night cabaret in Monte Carlo. Exhibited in the following salons: Independent (1925 – 1940), Association of French Artists (1929). He took part in the Great Exhibition of Russian Art in Belgrade (1930). Exhibited in Paris, Nice, Cannes, Rome, Barcelona, ​​Amsterdam, Brussels, Berlin. He was a participant in Russian charity evenings and a member of the Turgenev Artistic Society.