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Constantin TERECHKOVITCH (Moscow 1902 – Monaco 1978)
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150
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Constantin TERECHKOVITCH (Moscow 1902 – Monaco 1978)
See original version (French)
Estimate €4,500 - €5,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Constantin TERECHKOVITCH (Moscow 1902 – Monaco 1978)
Lunch on Rue Boulard: Madame Terechkovitch and her daughters
Oil on cardboard
50 x 60 cm
Signed lower right “C. Terechkovitch”
On the reverse of the board, traces of an old label
A certificate from Mrs France Terechkovitch, dated 31 May 1996, will be provided to the purchaser.
This painting offers a moving glimpse into the painter’s family life. Terechkovitch depicts his wife, Yvette, surrounded by their two daughters, France and Nathalie, in the living room of their flat on Rue Boulard. The painter’s own works take pride of place on the walls.
Provenance:
Millon auction of 15 May 2020, lot 165
Private collection, Paris
Constantin Terechkovitch, known as Kostia, was born on 1 May 1902 in Metchetskoïé, near Moscow, into a family of doctors. From a very early age, he showed a fascination for painting. In 1913, at the age of eleven, he discovered in Moscow the works of Manet, Matisse, Monet, Renoir and Van Gogh from the Shchukin Collection. This encounter with modern painting shaped his vocation: he decided to become a painter and was already harbouring a desire to go to Paris.
In 1917, he enrolled at the Moscow Academy of Fine Arts, but stayed there for only a few months. The following year, he left Russia amidst the difficult circumstances of the civil war. His journey took him through Ukraine, the Caucasus and Turkey before he finally reached Marseille in 1920, after two years of travelling and countless hardships. He then made his way to Paris, a city he regarded as the true centre of European artistic life. His early days there were precarious: he worked in a factory, posed as a model and attended the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, whilst devoting every spare moment to drawing and painting.
From the mid-1920s onwards, Terechkovitch began to find his place in the Parisian art scene. In 1925, he exhibited for the first time at the Salon d’Automne, then, in 1926, presented *Le Tambour d’Avallon*, a work that attracted critical attention. He then became close to several artists from the École de Paris, notably Marc Chagall, Ossip Zadkine, Chaïm Soutine, as well as Roland Oudot, Maurice Brianchon and Raymond Legueult. His painting remained essentially figurative. His vivid and luminous palette and expressionist style became one of the hallmarks of his pictorial language.
In 1942, he became a naturalised French citizen. After the war, Terechkovitch travelled extensively throughout Europe and around the world, which directly fuelled his artistic inspiration.
He spent time in Finland, Spain, North Africa and Italy, amongst other places, where he produced landscapes, watercolours and sketches.
In 1964, he travelled to Tokyo, then to Hong Kong, Cambodia and Thailand.
At the same time, he exhibited in numerous galleries, notably in Paris, Helsinki, London, New York and Tokyo, cementing his international reputation.
Terechkovitch gives his family a prominent place in his work. He regularly paints his wife, his daughters France and Nathalie, and his close friends and family, transforming family scenes into genuine subjects for his paintings.
E.V
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