LEONID FRECHKOP 1897-1982 original signed oil painting female portrait 1947

Sought after European Artist with auction sales to 15,000 Euro

Beautiful female portrait signed and dated 1947, perhaps the artist’s daughter or another family member.

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Considered primarily a Belgian artist, Frechkop was influenced by the ideals of Nouvelle Objectivité and Néo Réalisme, and by the Italian Renaissance and the painter Hans Holbein.

Leonid Frechkop was born in Moscow where he studied painting at the Academy of Fine Art under C. Korovine, A. Arkhipov and N. Kassatkine until 1920. In 1922 the artist received the Prix de Rome. Frechkop moved to Paris in the early 1920s and later settled in Brussels where many institutions have collected his work such as the Cabinet des Estampes. Also The Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou and museums in Dinant and Ixelles have collected Frechkop’s work.

The artist is listed in many major publications of French and Belgian artists such as Benezit, Arto, Le Dictionnaire des Peintures Belges and Piron. Several significant oil paintings of female nudes by Frechkop have sold successfully at Christie’s Amsterdam. In 1983 and 1987 the Galerie L’Oeil in Brussels exhibited a small catalogue of the Frechkop’s work.

ITEM DESCRIPTION

Girl in a blue dress. Immaculately detailed portrait oil painting on canvas, signed by the artist and dated 1947. There is a similar example of the artist’s wife online, and this subject could be the artist’s daughter or another family member. The painting is framed with a border on its face to compliment the subject.

The painting is on canvas wooden stretcher (and with the frame removed) measures approximately 650mm x 503mm. The stylish modern frame measures approximately 681mm x 531mm.

Belgium provenance.

EXTRA INFORMATION

For examples, please add the following to an internet search:

Christies .com/en/lot/lot-l-onid-frechkop-belgian-1897-1982-5183216/ Léonid Frechkop (BELGIAN, 1897-1982) Three nudes in an interior Price realised EUR 15,000

onlineonly.christies .com/s/russian-art/leonide-frechkop-1897-1982-183/91410 LÉONIDE FRECHKOP (1897-1982) Portrait of the artist's wife, Joséphine Evrard Price Realised GBP 10,625

Christies .com/en/lot/lot-5159012 Léonid Frechkop (1897-1982) Portrait of the artist's wife Price realised GBP 5,250

Bonhams .com/auction/28028/lot/40/leonid-frechkop-belgian-1897-1982-tugs-in-a-port/ LOT 40 AR Léonid Frechkop (Belgian, 1897-1982) Tugs in a port L'ECOLE DE PARIS A MODERNIST DIASPORA 28 June 2022, 14:00 BST London, New Bond Street £3,000 - £4,000

Bonhams .com/auctions/11635/lot/160/?category=list Leonid Frechkop (Belgian, 1897-1982) Chrysanthemums and autumn foliage 66 x 92cm (26 x 36in) Sold for £ 432 (US$ 457) inc. premium

Artnet .com/artists/l%C3%A9onid-frechkop/

OTHER

Please see the photographs which form part of the description. Item sold as seen, returns permitted within 14 days, purchaser pays for return insured to the value of the purchase.

LEONID FRECHKOP 1897-1982