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Nicolai Cikovsky
Large Modernist Oil Painting Wild Flowers in Vase WPA Artist Nicolai Cikovsky

$6,500
£5,000.23
€5,803.85
CA$9,166.55
A$10,268.08
CHF 5,393.17
MX$124,856.55
NOK 68,295.10
SEK 64,830.41
DKK 43,316.37

About the Item

Nicolai S. Cikovsky, (American, 1894-1984) Floral Still Life Oil on canvas. Hand signed (lower right). Dimensions: canvas 27 x 22 in. frame 35.5 X 30.75 Nicolai S. (Nicola) Cikovsky (1894 - 1984) was active/lived in New York / Russian Federation. Nicolai Cikovsky is known for Shore landscape, figure, still life and portrait painting, printmaking. His mural "Irrigation," and "Gathering Dates" is at the Department of Interior, Washington, D.C. (WPA, GSA) Landscape and figure painter Nicolai S. Cikovsky, 1894-1984, was born in Russia, where he studied at the Vilna Art School, 1910-1914; the Penza Royal Art School, 1914-1918; and Moscow High Tech Art Institute, 1921-1923. He emigrated to the United States in 1923, exhibiting in that year in New York City at the Charles Daniels Gallery. In 1942, Cikovsky began spending summers on Long Island, New York, in the North Sea area, where he moved permanently in the late 1970s. He painted many land and seascapes there, and is said to have been an influence on two well-known area painters, Jane Freilicher and Fairfield Porter. He was of the generation of emigrant artists that included Ben Shahn, Isaac Soyer, Robert Philipp, Moses Soyer, Raphael Soyer, Lawrence Lebduska, Robert Brackman, Abraham Rattner and Ben Benn. Cikovski was a member of New York City institutions, including the National Academy of Design (Associate 1968; Academician 1970); National Institute of Arts and Letters; and Society of Painters, Sculptors, and Engravers. Exhibitions include:Museum of Modern Art, New York Whitney Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1932-1949 National Academy of Design, New York, 1947-1949; Purchase Prizes: 1959, 1960, 1964, and Isaac N. Maynard Prize in 1964 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1932-1955, 1966 Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh New York World's Fair, 1940 Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, 1931 (medal), 1932 (Harris Bronze Medal and Logan Purchase Prize), 1933 (prize), 1960-1961 Downtown Gallery, New York, 1933, 1938 Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1930-1957, also solo Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio Worcester Museum of Art, Massachusetts, 1933 (first prize)Society of Washington Artists, 1937-1939 (medals), 1940-1941 Newark Museum of Art, New Jersey Glasgow Museum, Scotland Salons of America Whyte Gallery, Washington, D. C., 1939, solo Associated American Artists, New York, 1944, 1946, 1949, 1952, 1956 Studio Gallery, solo Washington D. C. Public Library, soloIFA Gallery, solo ] Nicolai Cikovsky's work may be found in the following collections: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York Museum of Modern Art, New York Brooklyn Museum, New York Art Institute of Chicago Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri Los Angeles Museum Worcester Museum of Art University of Arizona, Tucson Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.W. R. Nelson Gallery, Kansas City Milwaukee Art Institute Phillips Memorial Gallery, Washington, D.C.University of Minnesota The artist's extensive teaching experience includes: Ekaterinburg Higher Tech Art Institute, Russia, 1919-1921St. Paul School of Art, 1934-1935 Cincinnati Art Academy, 1935-1936 Art Institute of Chicago, 1937 Art Students League of New York College of Notre Dame, Maryland Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C. Birth/Death Lived/Active Often Known For - 1894 (Pinsk, Poland)- 1984 (Washington, D.C.) New York / Russian Federation shore landscape, figure and portrait painting, printmaking Ethnicity * Russian Nationality Art Gallery Represented-Early 20th Century Some of the artist's exhibitions include: Museum of Modern Art, New York Whitney Museum of Modern Art, Cikovsky was included in the 1938 exhibit Subway Art, The Museum of Modern Art, MoMA NYC, and in the show 31 American Contemporary Artists held at the ACA Gallery, New York, 1959. along with David Burliuk, Nicolay Cikovsky, William Gropper, Robert Gwathmey, Abraham Harriton, Joseph Solman, Moses Soyer, Harry Sternberg, Abram Tromka, Nat Werner, and Charles White.
  • Creator:
    Nicolai Cikovsky (1894-1987, American, Russian)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 35.5 in (90.17 cm)Width: 30.75 in (78.11 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    frame has minor wear. please see photos.
  • Gallery Location:
    Surfside, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU38216363262

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