A Boat In Moscow, By Anatoly Konstantinovich Verigo

Subject: Scene of Life on a Boat in Moscow

Medium: oil on canvas

Frame dimensions: 70 x 55 cm

Painting dimensions: 61 x 46

Date: 1960

Condition: Good overall condition (frame damaged, some missing parts; see photos)

Anatoly Konstantinovich Verigo (1922, Odessa – 2001, Moscow).

Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. He studied at the Moscow School of Fine Arts. In 1942, after graduating, he was drafted into the Red Army. In 1944, he was reassigned to the Grekov Studio at the Red Army’s Main Political Administration. From 1944 to 1946, he worked at this studio as a war artist. During this period, he participated in two exhibitions: in 1945 with the painting “After the Battle of Iasi,” and in 1946 with “In Southern Sakhalin.” From 1950 to 1956, he studied at the Surikov Art Institute; his graduation project was the series “Muscovites on a Summer Sunday,” under the direction of E. A. Kibrik. He has been participating in exhibitions since 1945. He is the creator of the works “After the Battle of Iasi” (1945), “Portrait of the Artist” (1950), “Portrait of a Young Japanese Woman, Hisako Nagata” (1961), “Clown” (1964), “Country Kitchen” (1965), “May” (1968), “Doll” (1969), “Russian Memories” (1957), “Laure of Kiev-Pechora, Destroyed by the Germans,” and many others. A solo exhibition was held in Moscow in 1964. From 1958 to 1982, he taught in the art department at MIT. Many of his works have been acquired by museums. He held numerous exhibitions throughout his life.