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Details
- Dimensions
- 32.25ʺW × 1ʺD × 38ʺH
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Period
- 1980s
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Oil Paint
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Peach
- Condition Notes
- Excellent vintage condtion. Excellent vintage condtion. less
- Description
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Vintage cubist influenced, fauvist portrait of a female nude by noted Russian artist Sergei Blumin. Oil on canvas, presented in …
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Vintage cubist influenced, fauvist portrait of a female nude by noted Russian artist Sergei Blumin. Oil on canvas, presented in a gilt wood frame with black outer edge. Signed and dated '87 lower left.
Sergei Blumin was born in St Petersberg Russia in 1947. From 1965 he studied the trumpet at the Moscow Conservatory where in 1966, influenced by the works of Kandinsky and Klee, he produced his first painting, using shoe polish, toothpaste, and ketchup for paints. This first creation refused to dry and, to the displeasure of Mr. Blumin’s roommates, for three months continued to emit a rather distinct odor. It did dry, eventually, and exists in the artist’s private collection today. In 1968, Mr. Blumin transferred to the Leningrad Conservatory, from which he graduated in 1970. Upon graduation he joined a chamber music orchestra, and since then he has played the trumpet with various orchestras, including St. Petersburg Philharmonic.
Alongside his musical career, Blumin pursued his interest in art, and in 1974 was made a member of the youth section of the Union of Artists. From 1974 to 1978, he participated in many exhibitions throughout the Soviet Union, including a personal one at the Summer Garden Rossi Pavilion in St. Petersburg. His works were acquired by the State Historical Museum in Moscow, by the Ministry of Culture (in 1976), and by the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg (in 1977). In 1978, Sergei Blumin emigrated from the Soviet Union. For a year and a half he lived in Europe, mainly in Vienna and Florence. Finally, in 1979, he settled in New York, and has lived and worked there since.
Sergei Blumin has exhibited extensively internationally with both group and solo exhibits in Russia, Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Australia, Japan, England, and the United States less
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