Nicolas Poliakoff cubist portrait oil on canvas

Nicolas Poliakoff (1899-1976), brother of serge poliakoff. Cubist portrait, oil on canvas signed in pencil at the bottom right. H. 61 cm l. 46 cm. Born in ukraine on 22 july 1899, he first trained at the belgrade school of fine arts (yugoslavia), which he attended from october 1921 to july 1925. In october 1925, he moved to paris where he became a pupil of andré lhote in his academy of painting, 18 rue d'odessa (14th arrondissement of paris). From 1926, he was a massier of this academy and assistant to andré lhote until his death in 1962. In 1933 he made three gouaches to illustrate a calligraphic manuscript by guido colucci of the short story "a crime" by ivan bounin. Until 1965, he was professor of painting at the academy. From the 1930s until his death, he occupied a workshop at 278 boulevard raspail in paris in the montparnasse district. He was a copyist at the louvre museum. His ashes lie in the père-lachaise cemetery in paris.

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