Kaiko Moti

Champs de Lavande (Fields of Lavender)

1979

This artwork "Landscape III" c.1970 is a oil painting on canvas by Russian artist Irina Belotelkin Roublon 1913-2009. It is signed on the back by the artist. The canvas size is 16 x 20 inches. It is in very good condition. About the artist. Irina Belotelkin Roublon, née Roudakoff, was born in Elisavetgrad, Ukraine to the Russian noblesse ancienne, descendant of Catherine the Great, she was a student at the Mariinsky Noble Ladies' Institute , Novocherkassk, Russia. She was orphaned at the time of the Russian Civil War after her father, General Paul Roudakoff, was fatally wounded in battle; 5 days later her mother died of typhus. Still unaware of her parents' death, and after witnessing her two sisters' deaths from starvation, the young Irina, then 8 years old, made her way over 1,000 kilometers, alone and through many privations to Moscow and the Estonian embassy there, with whom her Estonian uncle Volodya Blonsky had made arrangements. After a year in Moscow, and appeals to the Estonian consul, Irina was aided in a dramatic escape from the Soviet Union, to her aunt Anna Blonsky Lassburg (1882–1940) and her husband Doctor Genrick Lassburg in Tallinn, Estonia. Eventually, after in 1929, traveling through Ellis Island and admitted as a student, of voice studies, she joined her brother who had settled, in 1923, in the United States. Irina came to San Francisco during the Second World War, Among Irina's devotions were ballet and opera. She often entertained friends Rudolf Nureyev, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Sergei Leiferkus when they were in town. Natalia Makarova and Yuri Possokhov were often guests at Irina's Russian Christmas and Easter parties. From the early 1960s through the late 1980s, Irina studied and prolifically created still life and portrait paintings in oil and water color, excelling in flower compositions. She held studio and feature exhibitions; she competed and won prizes. Her work is in holdings throughout the San Francisco Bay area, Europe and Russia. In 1965 she undertook private study with two prominent Russian painters, including Serge Ivanoff; she executed a portrait of her two masters. She cherished her portrait as executed by Serge Ivanoff. Among her most accomplished pieces are those of iris and the large white Matilija poppy...

This artwork c.1970 is a oil painting by Russian artist Irina Belotelkin Roublon 1913-2009. It is signed lower right by the artist. The...

This beautiful oil on canvas painting is by Serop Vardanian (1914-1997). Vardanian is best known for his depictions of trees, and this one, titled “The...

This artwork "Landscape #IV' c.2000 is an original color monotype by American artist Thomas (Tom) Monaghan, b. 1961. It is hand signed and numbered 1/1 in pencil by the artist. The image (plate mark) size is 8 x 15.75 inches, the sheet size is 15 x 22 inches. it is in excellent condition, has never been framed. About the artist: Born in Chicago in 1961, Monaghan received his MFA from the University Northern Illinois. He moved west to Sonoma County in his mid-twenties and starting showing in galleries in San Francisco in the early 1990's, his move having a profound impact on his painting. The first impression of that sparkle on water upon the great lakes in Chicago continue his drive to seek out natural beauty in the landscape. Monaghan has had regional acclaim and International showing, include, International Art Fairs in San Francisco in 2011 and 2012. Selected exhibitions 1993 Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA., 1993 Heirloom Gallery, Chicago, I., 1994 Marinscapes., 1995 John Mallon, Editions Limited, Indianapolis, IN., 1996 Marinscapes., 1997 John Mallon, Editions Limited, Indianapolis, IN., 1998 Ira Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA., 2000 Erickson & Elins Gallery, San Francisco, CA ., 2001 Ira Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA, 2002 Ira Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA., Erickson Fine Art Gallery 2008. Selected collections The Prudential, Merrill Lynch, LaSalle National Bank, Chicago Mercantile Exchange...

In this contemporary landscape painting in oil on panel, a peaceful outdoor scene is set in summertime with a grassy field with purple flowers under a tree with dark green leaves, be...

In this contemporary landscape in oil on panel, a peaceful outdoor scene in summer of delicately painted violet blue flowers in a green grassy field beneath a tree with dark green le...

A peaceful summer scene with a tree with dark green leaves, its branches hanging over a delicately painted, green grassy field with white, pale periwinkle blue and lilac colored wild...

A peaceful outdoor scene in summer of delicately painted lavender and violet blue flowers in a grassy field beneath a tree with dark green leaves, beautifully capturing the idyllic f...