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Volovik Lazar (1902 - 1977)

A Ukrainian painter, theatre and movie artist. He was born in Kremenchug, Poltava province. In the years of 1917 - 1919 he studied at the Art School in Kharkiv and at Kyiv Art Academy. In 1921 he arrived in Paris. In 1922 he attended classes at the Academy of Grande Chaumière. Since 1923 he lived in "La Rush". He painted portraits, nudes, landscapes, still lives, scenes of theatrical life, bullfighting. He participated in many group exhibitions of Russian artists in Paris galleries together with H. Sutin, P. Kremen, N. Oryk, V. Naydych and with the groups “Udar” ("Beat") and “Chysla” ("Numbers").  He worked as a theatre artist, performing stage scenery and sketches of costumes. In 1936 he had a solo exhibition in New York. In 1943 together with J. Braque, A. Deren and other artists he took part in the Intimite exhibition. In 1944 he settled in Montparnasse. Since 1946 he worked for the ballet company "Russkie balety" (“Russian Ballets”). In the postwar years he had solo exhibitions in the galleries of A. Maurice (1952, 1958) and Serret-Fauveau (1963, 1965, 1967, 1972), participated in the group exhibitions: "La Rush" (gallery Montparnasse, 1960), "Russian artists of Paris School "(The House of French thought, 1961)," Russian View "(Heidelberg, 1974). Posthumously his works were presented at the exhibitions of "La Rush” and “Montparnasse" in the museum of Jacquemart-André (1978) and "Mad thirties" in the Grand Palace (1979). In 1984 the retrospective exhibition was held at the gallery of Ñîllette Dubois. In 1980s his widow donated several of the artist’s works to the State Art Museum and to the Sate Russian Museum.

Painters works:

Auction ¹12 Lot ¹55



«Still life with pheasant», IInd third 20thC 
canvas, oil; 65õ81


Price: 9 000 – 12 000 $


Auction ¹9 Lot ¹40



«At the Cote d'Azur», ²Ist quarter 20thC
canvas, oil; 46õ55


Price: 6 000 – 10 000 $


Auction ¹9 Lot ¹41



«Still life with chrysanthemums», ²Ist quarter 20thC
canvas, oil; 78õ62,5


Price: 8 000 – 10 000 $


Auction ¹7 Lot ¹62



«Still life in pastel colors», 1950s.
print; 52,5x38,5


Price: 1 500 - 3 000 $


Auction ¹7 Lot ¹70



«Flowers in a vase», 1930s.
canvas, oil; 65õ50


Price: 18 000 – 25 000 $


Auction ¹7 Lot ¹71



«Zamboro-Remarque», 1947
canvas, oil; 65õ54


Price: 30 000 – 40 000 $


Auction ¹6 Lot ¹54



«A girl in a white dress», 1930s.
canvas, oil; 94õ72


Price: 20 000 - 30 000 $