NIKOLAY STEPANOVICH TROSHIN (RUSSIAN 1897-1990)
Red Poppies, 1965
oil on canvas
64.5 x 74.5 cm (25 3/8 x 29 3/8 in.)
signed and dated lower right; signed, titled, dated and inscribed on verso

LOT NOTES
Nikolai Troshin was an important painter, theatre director, poster designer, and Chief Artist and designer for influential avant-garde journals such as USSR under Construction. Having studied at Penza Art Institute under Ivan Goryushkin-Sorokopudov and N. Petrov from 1913-1918, Troshin later moved to Moscow where he studied with Ilya Mashkov from 1918-1920. He actively exhibited since 1918, and personal exhibitions of Troshin`s works were held in Moscow and other cities in Russia through the time of his passing. Troshin`s paintings can be found in the permanent collections of the Tretyakov Museum, State Russian Museum, and many other museums in Russia.

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