A PAIR OF PAINTINGS BY NIKOLAY STEPANOVICH TROSHIN (RUSSIAN 1897-1990) Subway Car Scenes, 1935 oil on canvas 64 x 42 cm (25 x 16 1/2 in.) each
LOT NOTES Nikolai Troshin was an important painter, theatre director, poster designer, and Chief Artist and designer for influential avant-garde journals such as USSR under Construction. Having studied at Penza Art Institute under Ivan Goryushkin-Sorokopudov and N. Petrov from 1913-1918, Troshin later moved to Moscow where he studied with Ilya Mashkov from 1918-1920. He actively exhibited since 1918, and personal exhibitions of Troshin`s works were held in Moscow and other cities in Russia through the time of his passing. Troshin`s paintings can be found in the permanent collections of the Tretyakov Museum, State Russian Museum, and many other museums in Russia.
