Watercolor The Skeletonized Shepherd Dimitri Dolgoff Russian School
Artist: Dimitri Golgoff
DimitriD. D. Dolgov1910 (Moscow) - after 1970 (Brussels). Painter, illustrator
Son of Czarist infantry general Dimitri Alexandrovitch Dolgov (1862-1939) and Yolande Bouwer de Saint-Clair (1885-1945).1920, he came to Belgium with his mother and settled first near Liège, then in Brussels. A friend of Nicolas de Staël, he planned a trip to Morocco with him in 1936, but family circumstances prevented it.from 1937 to 1938, he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. In the 1930s, he worked as an illustrator for advertising agencies. With the onset of the Occupation in 1940, he found himself destitute. Poverty drove him to work for the German newspaper Brüsseler Zeitung, where he illustrated serial novels, refusing the well-paid political cartoons. In 1941, he organized a solo exhibition and left the newspaper. In the 1950s, he worked for the PRO-GRAPHIS advertising agency, where he was a talented draughtsman with an in-depth knowledge of Russian history and the Cossacks, and produced paintings inspired by epic poems and literary works. He was a master of gouache.The watercolor is signed and dated 1948 La légende les hautes fagnes He illustrated works by E. Denissoff, "L'Église russe devant le thomisme" (Paris, France, Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, 1936), and by Jackie Waller, "Les histoires de ma chaumière" (Verviers, 1956; in collaboration with Lou Willy) and "La boutique des fées" (Verviers, 1959; in collaboration with Lou Willy). He collaborated with the publisher Alexei Martynov, producing several illustrations for his "Revue de l'Europe orientale" (1936-1937).he took part in the Brussels exhibitions "Artists of Eastern Europe" (1936) and "Russian Artists in Brussels" (1942), and organized several solo exhibitions.his works can be found in private collections in Belgium.
Son of Czarist infantry general Dimitri Alexandrovitch Dolgov (1862-1939) and Yolande Bouwer de Saint-Clair (1885-1945).1920, he came to Belgium with his mother and settled first near Liège, then in Brussels. A friend of Nicolas de Staël, he planned a trip to Morocco with him in 1936, but family circumstances prevented it.from 1937 to 1938, he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. In the 1930s, he worked as an illustrator for advertising agencies. With the onset of the Occupation in 1940, he found himself destitute. Poverty drove him to work for the German newspaper Brüsseler Zeitung, where he illustrated serial novels, refusing the well-paid political cartoons. In 1941, he organized a solo exhibition and left the newspaper. In the 1950s, he worked for the PRO-GRAPHIS advertising agency, where he was a talented draughtsman with an in-depth knowledge of Russian history and the Cossacks, and produced paintings inspired by epic poems and literary works. He was a master of gouache.The watercolor is signed and dated 1948 La légende les hautes fagnes He illustrated works by E. Denissoff, "L'Église russe devant le thomisme" (Paris, France, Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, 1936), and by Jackie Waller, "Les histoires de ma chaumière" (Verviers, 1956; in collaboration with Lou Willy) and "La boutique des fées" (Verviers, 1959; in collaboration with Lou Willy). He collaborated with the publisher Alexei Martynov, producing several illustrations for his "Revue de l'Europe orientale" (1936-1937).he took part in the Brussels exhibitions "Artists of Eastern Europe" (1936) and "Russian Artists in Brussels" (1942), and organized several solo exhibitions.his works can be found in private collections in Belgium.
700 €
Period: 20th century
Style: Other Style
Condition: Good condition
Material: Water color
Length: 60cm
Height: 45cm
Reference (ID): 1768095
Availability: In stock
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