Lot 46: NICHOLAS VASILIEFF

signed N. Vasilieff (lower right)

oil on canvas

RUSSIAN, 1892-1970

INTERIOR

28 1/4 by 36 in.<br><br>71.7 by 91.5 cm

Nicholas Vasilieff was a student of Korovin, Pasternak and Serov at the Moscow College. During 1911-1914 he studied alongside Vladimir and David Burliuk (see lots 84-97) who introduced Vasilieff to experimentations in Neo-Primitivism, espoused by fellow artists such as Larionov and Goncharova, among others. The interest in traditional Russian art, crafts, icons, lubki, and even children's art inspired these artists to create anti-academic works that focused on unusual perspective with complex facture. The present work echoes the Neo-Primitivist aesthetic of these early years.