"smirnoff Boris (1895-1976) Franco-russian "portrait Of Benito Mussolini" Graphite And Charcoal

"SMIRNOFF Boris (1895-1976) Franco-Russian " It's me Mussolini! " Graphite and charcoal Dimensions: 25 x 19 cm Boris Smirnoff (1903 - 2007) was a French-Russian cubist, avant-garde and analytical art painter. Boris Smirnoff was born in Russia. He had two brothers - Alexander and Vladimir. He was the youngest son. His family fled to France in 1917 after the October Revolution in Russia. Boris behind them, and remained in Petrograd. In 1927, Boris Smirnoff appeared in France. He worked as a painter in France. All his oils and pastels were burned by the German invaders as "degenerate art" during World War II. Because of this, Boris Smirnoff began to draw exclusively watercolor on paper after the war. He said: "I can always put these watercolors in a suitcase and take them with me!" Many years later, Boris returned to Russia and saw that it was a different country. It was not Russia from which he left. And, even though the country largely disliked him, he remained there until his death. Boris Smirnoff died in Russia in 2007 at the age of 104.