Lot 429: Vitaly Gavrilovich Tikhov , Nude Portrait

signed in Cyrillic and dated 19. (lower left) oil on canvas

measurements 49 by 42 1/2 in. alternate measurements 124.5 by 108 cm

Vitaly Tikhov was one of the most talented students in the workshop of Vladimir Makovsky. After completing his studies at the St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts, he was awarded a scholarship to travel and paint abroad. His paintings are found in the collections of the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, the Museum of the St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts, and several museums abroad. In the 1920s and the 1930s, Tikhov actively participated in exhibitions that reflected the new way of life in the Soviet era.