Russian Federation. 1884 - 1963
Modernist still life and landscape painting, graphic art
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1911 St. Petersburg, Russia - 1973 Hampton, New Jersey. Known for: Children's book illustration, cartoons, portrait and figure painting.
Nicolas Mordvinoff 1911-1973. Mordvinoff was born on Sept. 27, 1911, in St. Petersburg, Russia, but his family fled to Finland and then France during the Russian Revolution. While a student at the... Read full biography
Nicolas Mordvinoff 1911-1973. Mordvinoff was born on Sept. 27, 1911, in St. Petersburg, Russia, but his family fled to Finland and then France during the Russian Revolution. While a student at the University of Paris, he contributed cartoons and illustrations to various French magazines and... Read full biography
Nicolas Mordvinoff 1911-1973. Mordvinoff was born on Sept. 27, 1911, in St. Petersburg, Russia, but his family fled to Finland and then France during the Russian Revolution. While a student at the University of Paris, he contributed cartoons and illustrations to various French magazines and newspapers. He left for the South Pacific in 1934 and spent the next thirteen years island-hopping and developing his artistic talent. Tourists and islanders alike bought his paintings, sometimes paying for... Read full biography
Nicolas Mordvinoff 1911-1973. Mordvinoff was born on Sept. 27, 1911, in St. Petersburg, Russia, but his family fled to Finland and then France during the Russian Revolution. While a student at the University of Paris, he contributed cartoons and illustrations to various French magazines and newspapers. He left for the South Pacific in 1934 and spent the next thirteen years island-hopping and developing his artistic talent. Tourists and islanders alike bought his paintings, sometimes paying for them with pearls. While in Tahiti, Mordvinoff met U.S. author William S. Stone and created the pictures for his books Thunder Island (1942), Pepe Was the Saddest Bird (1944), and Ship of Flame (1945). Mordvinoff moved to the United States in 1946,... Read full biography
Nicolas Mordvinoff 1911-1973. Mordvinoff was born on Sept. 27, 1911, in St. Petersburg, Russia, but his family fled to Finland and then France during the Russian Revolution. While a student at the University of Paris, he contributed cartoons and illustrations to various French magazines and newspapers. He left for the South Pacific in 1934 and spent the next thirteen years island-hopping and developing his artistic talent. Tourists and islanders alike bought his paintings, sometimes paying for them with pearls. While in Tahiti, Mordvinoff met U.S. author William S. Stone and created the pictures for his books Thunder Island (1942), Pepe Was the Saddest Bird (1944), and Ship of Flame (1945). Mordvinoff moved to the United States in 1946, and became a naturalized citizen in 1952. He married Barbara Ellis in 1956, and they had three children... Read full biography
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Two Kneeling Figures
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Mother and Child
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Portrait, printmaking
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