"Riab Boris, Study Of Mallard Ducks, Signed Watercolor"
Boris Riab, study of mallard ducks, watercolor signed lower right 32.5 X 23.5 cm, passe-partout and varnished magnifying glass frame, 51 X 40.6 cm. Boris Riabouchinsky (Moscow 1898- Saint-Vincent de Lorouër 1975) is one of the greatest animal painters of the 20th century. Of Russian origin, he emigrated after the Bolshevik revolution, he traveled a lot and settled in France in 1927. His works bear witness to an extraordinary realism of animal life. Bibliography: Doctor Jacques Bourdon, Montaut editions.