ALEKSEI KRAVCHENKO (1889 - 1940) Kremlin

Inscribed in pencil in Cyrillic 'A Kravchenko' (on the reverse), ownership stamp of Igor Dichenko collection (on the reverse) woodcut on paper 19.5 x 16 cm Provenance: Collection of Igor Dichenko (Ihor Dychenko) (1946-2015), Soviet and Ukrainian collector, art historian, and painter; one of the ideologists of the Ukrainian avant-garde, Kyiv. Private collection, Europe Alexey Kravchenko is a leading Russian graphic artist, a master of book illustration and exlibris, and an educator. Director of the Radishchev Museum in Saratov, later based in Moscow as a master of woodcut, etching, and linocut. Influenced by Cézanne, his landscapes and graphics, blending Romanticism and expressionism, became Soviet art classics. Member of 'Four Arts,' awarded Grand Prix at the 1925 Paris Expo.