About The Artist:
Nicholas Vasilieff
Mr. Vasilieff, born in Moscow, called himself a member of the left‐wing, post‐expressionist school of painting, and he often denounced the current preoccupation with total abstraction. He studied at the Moscow Academy of Fine Arts and received the first prize and a gold medal on his graduation. One of his teachers was Prof. Leonide Pasternak, father of Boris Pasternak, the author. After his graduation, Mr. Vasilieff served for four years in...
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About The Medium:
Oil
Process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder. Commonly used drying oils include linseed oil, poppy seed oil, walnut oil, and safflower oil.