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The Thomas Kearns McCarthey Gallery is one of the foremost dealers in the United States dealing with Russian Impressionistic art.  The Gallery maintains an extensive inventory of collectible works by Russia's most respected artists during the period of 1930 to 1980.  The Gallery carefully selects paintings that are historically significant, original in composition, interesting in form and beautiful in their depiction of the human spirit.  We have been working in Russia for many years and have developed close personal relationships with many of the artists and their families.  Together with our associated gallery in Russia, Dacha Art, and our Russian partners, we maintain extremely close ties with the arts community in Russia and the former Soviet republics.  In addition to our Russian specialization, the TKM Gallery is proud to work with talented artists from other countries who have the spirit of the Russian art.

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DECEMBER AUCTION PAINTINGS!

Our December Auction features 2 beautiful floral still life's. Both by well known and acclaimed artists. Bids start at $250, followed by minimum increments of $250. Remember, there is no reserve, at the end of the auction the high bid wins! Follow all the bidding updates on the Gallery's website. Note that you may place a maximum bid and the Gallery will bid on your behalf up to your maximum. By placing a maximum bid you will be assured you are not out bid at the last minute.

Bids will be taken via telephone, or e-mail until 7:00 pm MST, Thursday, December 31st.

Good luck!

Sretenskei, Gregory Aleksandrovich
"Flowers in a Basket"
26'' x 45, 39¼'', (66 x 100 cm)
1947, Oil on Canvas
Estimated $5,000 - $6,000, Current Bid $250, framed

As our first December silent auction selection, we are pleased to present a beautiful still life, "Flowers in a Basket" by Gregory A. Srentskei, estimated at $5,00 to $6,000. The current high bid is just $250!  The next bid is $500, followed by minimum bidding increments of $250. Remember, there is no reserve, at the end of the auction the high bid wins!

Bids will be taken via telephone, or e-mail until 7:00 pm MST, Tuesday, December 31st. Follow all the bidding updates on the Gallery's website.

Note that you may place a maximum bid and the Gallery will bid on your behalf up to your maximum. By placing a maximum bid you will be assured you are not out bid at the last minute.

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Grigory Alexandrovich Sretensky, 1899-1972

Studied in the Moscow University, then in a private artistic studio, and in VHUTEMAS (the Higher Artistic and technical Workshops) under P.P. Konchalovsky (1921). Graduated from the Moscow Theological Seminary. He was a member and one of the organizers of the 'Bytie' ('Being') Association of Artists (1921-1929) and a member of the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia. Constant participant of exhibitions, including the exhibition 'Artists of the Russian Federation in 15 Years' in 1933 in Moscow. In the 1930s he designed Holidays in Moscow. Works by A.G. Sretensky are kept in the State Tretyakov Gallery, the State Russian Museum, and many regional museums.

Exhibited
Moscow, Moscow Organization of the RSFSR Artists Union, G.A. Sretensky (1899-1972), 1978

Literature
Exhibition catalogue, G.A. Sretensky (1899-1972), Moscow, 1978, listed p. 28

As our second December Auction painting we present!

Belov, Yuri Vladimirovich
"Flowers on "The Piano"
31½'' x 39¼'', (80 x 100 cm)
1977, Oil on Canvas, Current Bid $750 by W. Schlax, Estimated $2,500- $3,500, unframed

We invite you to participate in this month's auction and thank everyone who placed bids in past auctions. This is an exceptional opportunity to add a beautiful work by a highly acclaimed artist to your collection.

Estimated at $2,500 to $3,500, the current high bid is just $750! The next bid is $1,000, followed by minimum bidding increments of $250. Remember, there is no reserve, at the end of the auction the high bid wins!

Bids will be taken via telephone, or e-mail until 7:00 pm MST, Tuesday, December 31st. Follow all the bidding updates on the Gallery's website.

Note that you may place a maximum bid and the Gallery will bid on your behalf up to your maximum. By placing a maximum bid you will be assured you are not out bid at the last minute.

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Yuri Vladimirovich Belov, May 27, 1929 – July 23, 2017

A Russian Soviet realist painter who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg (former Leningrad) was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (named the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation before 1992),[2] and regarded by art historian Sergei V. Ivanov as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting. He was most famous for his historical and genre paintings.

Yuri Vladimirovich Belov was born May 27, 1929 in Leningrad in a family of doctors.

From 1941–1949, Yuri Belov studied at the Leningrad Secondary Art School under the All-Russian Academy of Arts. After graduation in 1949, Yuri Belov was adopted at the first course of Department of Painting at the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, where he studied of noted educators Vladimir Serov, Piotr Belousov, Ivan Sorokin, and Ivan Stepashkin.

In 1955, Yuri Belov graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin in Rudolf Frentz studio, together with Piotr Litvinsky, Evgeny Maltsev, Victor Reykhet, Galina Smirnova, and other young artists. His graduation work was genre painting, A Worker-Innovator.

Since 1954, Yuri Belov has participated in Art Exhibitions. He painted portraits, still lifes, landscapes, genre scenes and historical paintings. Yuri Belov most famous for his historical paintings devoted to images of Lenin and the history of Bolshevism and the Revolution movement in Russia. His personal exhibitions were in Leningrad, Moscow, Pskov, Lvov, Novgorod, Saint Petersburg, and others.

Yuri Belov is a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 named as the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation) since 1960.

Paintings by Yuri Vladimirovich Belov reside in art museums and private collections in Russia, France, Japan, in the U.S., and other countries--namely:.

Leningrad School of Painting

List of Russian artists

List of 20th-century Russian painters

List of painters of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists

Saint Petersburg Union of Artists

Directory of Members of the Union of Artists of USSR. Volume 1.- Moscow: Soviet artist, 1979. - p.111.

Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.- Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – p.14, 174, 340, 357, 390, 392-398, 404-406, 414-419, 422, 423.

Anniversary Directory graduates of Saint Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, Russian Academy of Arts. 1915 - 2005. - Saint Petersburg: Pervotsvet Publishing House, 2007. p.73.

Socialist Realism. Kiev club of collectors.

Directory of Members of the Union of Artists of USSR. Volume 1.- Moscow: Soviet artist, 1979. - p. 111.

Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. - Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – p. 14, 174, 340, 357, 390, 392-398, 404-406, 414-419, 422, 423. ISBN 5-901724-21-6, ISBN 978-5-901724-21-7.

Anniversary Directory graduates of Saint Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, Russian Academy of Arts. 1915 - 2005. - Saint Petersburg: Pervotsvet Publishing House, 2007. - p. 73.

Painter. Member of the Union of artists of the USSR.

Thesis in the CVC - "a worker-innovator", the rating is good. The training took place at the picturesque faculty, qualification of the artist painting.

Born may 27, 1929 in Leningrad.

In 1955, Yuri Belov graduated from the Repin Institute of arts in Repin Rudolf Frentz workshop.

Studied at Vladimir Serov, Piotr Belousov, Ivan Sorokin, Ivan Stepashkin.

Participates in exhibitions since 1954.

Member of the Leningrad Union of artists since 1960.

Painted portraits, landscapes, still lifes, genre and historical paintings.

One of the main themes of creativity of the 1960s and 1980s - the image of Vladimir Lenin, the history of Bolshevism and the revolutionary movement in Russia.

Personal exhibitions in Leningrad, Moscow, Pskov, Lvov, Novgorod, St. Petersburg and other cities.

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Russian & Soviet Impressionism
Russia's Rich Cultural Heritage

Russia's rich cultural heritage represents the best of human creativity. Its literature, music, visual and performing arts and architecture are among the most profound, compelling and beautiful expressions of the human spirit.

Much of this rich heritage is well known in the United States, such as the writing of Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoevsky, the music of Peter Tchaikovsky, Serge Prokofiev and Igor Stravinsky, the painting of Ilya Repin and Vassily Kadinsky, the architecture of the Kremlin and State Hermitage Museum and the dance of the Bolshoi Ballet.

Less well known in this tradition of creativity is the painting of the Russian Impressionist period, lasting from approximately 1930 to 1980. Russian Impressionism made an important contribution to the cultural heritage of Russia, but until recently, little has been known of its beauty and quality and its leading artists because of Soviet isolationism. During this period much of the cultural life in the Communist Soviet Union was denied Western exposure. The demise of Communism, the lifting of the Iron Curtain and the movement towards freedom and democracy of the newly formed Commonwealth of Independent States has allowed the world the opportunity to experience a unique and important historical past through the art work.

It is now being collected and recognized by art historians, museum directors, curators and collectors as some of the best art produced in the twentieth century. 

"Soviet Impressionism"- Vern G. Swanson

From a unique set of circumstances that would be impossible to duplicate, Soviet Art from 1930 to 1980 was the 20th century's major realist school of painting. It powerfully expresses itself with a simple clarity of pictorial language, consummate adeptness and truthful portrayal of life. The Soviet artist acted as a willing collaborator with and portrayer of the aspirations of society. This contrasted with Western models where artists were typically alienated from their community. Acceptance will come, using the Soviet phrase, because it is "historically inevitable". It is already to a certain extent here with the pictures from the period increasingly passing through the sale rooms of Europe and North America. This book should give wider understanding of this underrated but artistically exciting movement in Soviet art.

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