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MALIAVIN, Filip (1869-1940). Young peasant woman.

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Pastel on paper (510 x 400 mm). Signed lower right. Framed. Born in the village of Kazanka on the Volga into an illiterate peasant family, Maliavin taught himself to draw at a young age and he soon came to the public's attention through his boldly executed and colourful depictions of peasant life. Perhaps as a result of his humble origins, he found himself as unofficial court painter of the Bolsheviks, and sketched many leaders (Lenin, Trotsky, Lunacharsky) in the Kremlin during1920-21. He emigrated to France the following year.

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