Boris Solotareff Watercolor and Graphite on Paper "The Artist and His Model"
Item Details
A graphite and watercolor painting on paper titled The Artist and His Model by listed artist Boris Solotareff (1889 – 1966). On a green and gray background, the piece depicts a female with a male figure standing behind her and wearing a hat. The work bears an estate stamp to the lower right. There are two informational gallery labels from ‘Borghi Fine Art Gallery’ to the verso. Presented without frame in a cream fabric matting, this item remains unframed.
Born in Romania, Solotareff received his formal art training at the Munich Academy of the Fine Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. While in Munich, Solotareff was exposed to the Munich Secession, a group of visual artists who sought to defend and promote their art against increasingly conservative views in Germany. His Munich period would impart his continual use of a sense of comfort called gemütlichkeit in his works. Solotareff would later move to the United States, where he remained longer than any other country. He was exhibited widely and often during his lifetime. Today, his works can be found in many private collections.
Condition
- marks from framing nails present to mat board verso; minor accretions to matting as a result of not being framed.
Dimensions
- measures mat board.
Item #
16MOR003-057