Georges ARTEMOFF (1892-1965) Saint Hubert, Patron... Lot 45

Georges ARTEMOFF (1892-1965) Saint Hubert, Patron Saint of Hunters, meeting the Deer carrying the crucifix in its antlers. Circa 1945. Oil on polychrome wood panel. The subjects are painted in Gold, a unique feature of this work with its excavated edges. Dimensions: 126 x 106 cm. A Russian-born painter and sculptor, Georges Artemoff (Ourioupinsk, 1892 - Revel, 1965) was an artist with a multi-faceted career. Trained in Moscow, Russia, then in Paris from 1913, he met most of the artistic milieu of the time (Picasso, Braque, Soutine, Grís, Zadkine) and became a key player in the Montparnasse art scene between the wars.