ANDREI HUDIAKOFF RUSSIAN AMERICAN ABSTRACT VILLAGE

ANDREI HUDIAKOFF RUSSIAN AMERICAN ABSTRACT VILLAGE
Andrei Hudiakoff, (Russian, American, 1895 – 1985). Abstract Village. Pencil on paper. Signed and dated 1970 lower right. Andrei Timofeevich Hudiakoff (Андрей Тимофеевич Худяков (30 ноября 1894, Трубчевск, Орловская губерния – 1985, Ньютаун, Пенсильвания, США) русский живописец, и график.) studied in the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. In 1917 he painted a portrait of A.F. Kerensky. From 1921 he lived in Berlin. He worked as a decorator in the theater cabaret the Blue Bird of Yasha Yuzhny. At the invitation of the conductor I. A. Dobrovein, he designed the production of Boris Godunov by M. P. Mussorgsky for the German opera. In the mid-1920s he moved to the USA. He painted covers for magazines, designed concert and variety programs that precede silent film screenings, occasionally fulfilled orders for theaters. In the 1940s he painted landscapes, still lifes and genre scenes on Russian themes. He did wall paintings, in particular, he decorated the hall in the St. Regis Hotel in New York in the Russian style. Made illustrations for Irina Alexander's informative book This is Russia.

Dimensions
Frame 14 x 11 in. Image 11 x 17 in. All measurements are approximate.

Condition
Overall good vintage condition. Slight signs of age and wear. Refer to photos. Sold As Is.