Lot 555: Evgenii Klementiev (1901-1985)

Evgenii Klementiev (1901-1985)
A nude with a mountainous landscape beyond
signed and dated 'KLEMENTIEF - 1939' (lower right); further signed 'E. Klementieff.' (beneath artist's border, lower right)
pencil and grey wash on paper
12¼ x 10 in. (31 x 25.5 cm.)
Executed in 1939

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The son of the artist Aleksei Klementiev (1875-1946), Eugène Klementieff spent most of his life in France. A graduate of the famous Cubist Académie André Lhote, Paris, he exhibited at the Salon d'Indepéndant and Salon d'Automne. Known for his portraits and still lifes, Klementiev is best remembered for his murals in the Eglise Sainte Jeanne d'Arc in Nice (1934).