Lot 589: CHUPYATOV, LEONID 1890-1941 Firemen

CHUPYATOV, LEONID 1890-1941 Firemen Gouache on paper, 23.5 by 25 cm.
Provenance: Private collection, Europe.

Leonid Chupyatov was one of the most brilliant students and successors of Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, who introduced a number of boldcompositional elements into his mentor's system of spatial principles.These echoed cubo-futurism, yet were based on typical neoclassicalrefinement. While Chupyatov's work contains elements of the avant-garde, the artist remained true to his figurative roots. Firemen seemsto be one of the very few surviving preliminary studies by this outstanding painter, and as such forms a significant part of the artist'sheritage.