*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING *** * TITLE: "Still life" * ARTISTS: Volkov Efim Efimovich * SIZE: 43x60 cm/'16.92x23.62 inches' * MEDIUM: oil, canvas * HAND PAINTED: Original painting from our collection * CONDITION: we tried to convey the maximum information with the help of photos about this product
About the artist: Volkov Efim Efimovich - landscape painter; born in St. Petersburg in 1844; He received his artistic education at the Imperial Academy of Arts and completed it with diligent writing of sketches from nature. In 1870, he received from the Academy the title of a non-class artist for the “View in the vicinity of Petersburg” presented at her exhibition this year. In 1878 he joined the partnership of traveling art exhibitions [3] and since then has appeared on them annually with his paintings, using them as one of the best painters of Russian, mainly northern nature. Of his works, the creations are especially noteworthy: “In the Forest in the Spring” (1878); The Misty Swamp (1879); "Forest road in the fall" (1880); “Forest in the Swamp” (1881); “At Dawn” (1882); "Quiet day" (1882); “Early snow” (1883); "Forest Stream" (1885) and some others [7] [8].
In 1902, the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts hosted an exhibition of paintings by the Wanderers Efim Volkov and Vladimir Makovsky [9]. The exposition featured 417 paintings by the artist.
He died in Petrograd in 1920.
Volkov’s works are in the Tretyakov Gallery (“Swamp in Autumn”, “Early Snow”, “Autumn”), Odessa Art Museum (“Boats”) and in the Russian Museum (“Over the River”).
