Nicolai Cikovsky Russian American Portrait C.1940




ART DECO-Modernism

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MPD-005890
Description

NICOLAI CIKOVSKY
"PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED
RUSSIAN-AMERICAN, C.1940
20 X 12 INCHES
Nicolai S. Cikovsky
1894-1984
Cikovsky 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.