YAKOV BASOV (1914-2004) Road to the city

signed in Cyrllic and dated ‘Basov 61’ (lower right), inscribed in Cyrillic ‘Doroga v gorod’ (on the stretcher) oil on canvas 69 x 89 cm painted in 1961 Born in Simferopol, Basov received his early artistic training at the studio of N. Samokish. He returned to Crimea in 1946 and became a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine in 1958. From 1968 to 1976, he served on the board of the Crimean branch of the Union.