Antique Fine Art, Arms&Armor, Sept. 21st 2024
Lot 4139:
Great original watercolor by well listed Russian/American artist Nicolai S. ( Nicola ) Cikovsky ( 1894-1984).Landscape and figure painter Nicolai S. Cikovsky, 1894-1984, was born in Russia, where he studied at the Vilna Art School, 1910-1914; the Penza Royal Art School, 1914-1918; and Moscow High Tech Art Institute, 1921-1923. He emigrated to the United States in 1923, exhibiting in that year in New York City at the Charles Daniels Gallery. In 1942, Cikovsky began spending summers on Long Island, New York, in the North Sea area, where he moved permanently in the late 1970s. He painted many land and seascapes there, and is said to have been an influence on two well-known area painters, Jane Freilicher and Fairfield Porter. Cikovsky was a member of New York City institutions, including the National Academy of Design (Associate 1968; Academician 1970); National Institute of Arts and Letters; and Society of Painters, Sculptors, and Engravers. Some of the artist’s exhibitions include: Museum of Modern Art, New York Whitney Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1932-1949National Academy of Design, New York, 1947-1949; Purchase Prizes: 1959, 1960, 1964, and Isaac N. Maynard Prize in 1964Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1932-1955, 1966Carnegie Institute, PittsburghNew York World’s Fair, 1940Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, 1931 (medal), 1932 (Harris Bronze Medal and Logan Purchase Prize), 1933 (prize), 1960-1961Downtown Gallery, New York, 1933, 1938Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1930-1957, also solo Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio Worcester Museum of Art, Massachusetts, 1933 (first prize)Society of Washington Artists, 1937-1939 (medals), 1940-1941Newark Museum of Art, New Jersey Glasgow Museum, Scotland, Salons of America, Whyte Gallery, Washington, D. C., 1939, Associated American Artists, New York, 1944, 1946, 1949, 1952, 1956 Studio Gallery. Washington D. C. Public Library. IFA Gallery. Private art collector estate, Denver Colorado. SIZE : with frame 23 5/8" x 18 1/8", without 17 3/8" x 13". ~~ . Detailed condition reports are not included in this catalog. For additional information, including condition reports, please contact us at [email protected]
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