Basil Poustochkine (1893-1973): Isba In The Forest

Oil on paper (?) depicting a Russian or Slavic landscape, with the presence of an isba in a birch forest. Painter with a very good rating! Dimensions: 32 x 11.5 cm Note the presence of a few insects under the glass (these are not foxing). Basile Poustochkine was a talented artist and well trained as a painter, engraver and draftsman. His destiny was linked to Poland at several times in his life: he fought against the Bolsheviks and then left for France with a Polish passport. There, he stayed in the rooms of the palace, which was later occupied by Polish diplomats Mr. and Mrs. Strzałko. It is from their collection that most of the artist's works come. The experiences lived during the war affected his personality; although he exhibited his works regularly, he chose the life of a recluse, distancing himself from critics and artistic life. He created engravings, designed textile patterns and painted landscapes. Small but intriguing works, filled with soft light and the beauty of nature. When he made his landscape studies of the Paris region, he was in some way the heir to the Impressionists. However, as a post-Impressionist, he did not follow a gradual deconstruction of nature, but rather the opposite path of showing its spirit, colors and light. What also characterizes Pustochkin's works is a certain nostalgia contained in these small forms. Among the painted meadows, fields and forests, human figures rarely appear, and even then they are only an addition to the landscape. Autumn landscapes, full of colors and subdued light, are more frequent.