Russian Art & Literature - Bloomsbury Auctions

Lot 190. BAKHAREV, Valery Mikhailovich (b. 1947).
Lot 189
Autumn Wind. 1988. Oil on board (500 x 800). Signed, titled and dated on verso.
Lot 189. SHEMYAKIN, Mikhail (b. 1943).
Blue Metamorphosis. Watercolor and ink on paper (240
x 220 mm).
$2,000 - $3,000
Bakharev is one of the prominent Russian nonconformist painters. Reminiscent of Larionov and Goncharova, his works combine elements
of Fauvism and Expressionism. After perestroika, Bakharev had many opponents to his work. Even with an impressive solo exhibition
record across Russia, he was still targeted with threatening letters and phone calls culminating in the burning of his studio and the loss of
a large number of his paintings and sculptures. Valery Bakharev’s works are in the permanent collections of the Ivanovo and Kostroma
museums in Moscow and private collections throughout the world.
$3,000 - $4,000
Lot 190
Russian Art 113