Nicolai Cikovsky
Still Life of Fruit and Flowers
c. 1950

About the Item

This is a beautiful impressionist still life by the great Russian artist, Nicolai Cikovsky. Canvas Size: 20 x 30 inches Framed Size: approx 24.5 x 34.5 Signed Lower Right 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. Cikovsky 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. Some of the artist's 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, solo IFA 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: Ekaterinenburg Higher Tech Art Institute, Russia, 1919-1921 St. 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.

Creator:
Nicolai Cikovsky (1894-1987, American, Russian)
Creation Year:
c. 1950
Dimensions:
Height: 24.5 in (62.23 cm)Width: 34.5 in (87.63 cm)
Medium:
Canvas,Oil
Movement & Style:
Impressionist
Period:
1950-1959
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Missouri, MO
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU74732505943
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