Bidspirit auction | Vyalov K.A.

Vyalov K.A. - Avacha Bay.. Year: Third quarter of the 20th century. Size: 49x104. Technique: Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Certificate of I.E. Grabar All-Russia Art Scientific Centre of Restoration. Vyalov Konstantin Alexandrovich (1900, Moscow - 1976, Moscow). One of the founders of OST. In 1914-17 he studied at the Stroganov School of Art and Industry, 1918-20 - at the State Free Art Workshops with A. Morgunov, V. Kandinsky, V. Tatlin, in 1920-24 - at VKHUTEMAS with D. Shterenberg. In the early 1920s he made counter-reliefs and abstract compositions under the influence of K. Malevich and V. Kandinsky. Designed a number of performances, including “Stenka Razin” by V. Kamensky (1923–24, Theater of the Revolution, Moscow). In 1925–28 – member of OST. In the 1920s and 30s he worked on film posters and designed books. In the mid-1930s he worked as a marine painter. In 1933–40 he designed the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition. In 1941-42 he created a series of military posters for TASS Windows. The artist's works were exhibited at foreign exhibitions in Paris (1925), Berlin (1927, 1928), Venice (1932), New York (1933), London (1934). The works are in the State Tretyakov Gallery, the State Russian Museum and other museum collections.