VICTOR ARNAUTOFF

"REPOSE"

OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED

RUSSIAN-AMERICAN, C.1935

26 X 36 INCHES

Victor Mikail Arnautoff

1896-1979

Aruantoff was born in Ukraine, Russia on Nov. 11, 1896. After arriving in San Francisco in 1925 via China and Mexico, Arnautoff enrolled at the CSFA where he studied sculpture with Ralph Stackpole and painting with Edgar Walters.

He returned to China and then went to Mexico where he learned fresco techniques while working with Diego Rivera.

In 1931 the family settled in San Francisco where he taught at the CSFA and, from 1939 until his retirement in 1963, was an art professor at Stanford University. His work turned from the portraits, still lifes, and rural landscapes to more socially conscious themes later in life.

After the death of his wife in the 1960s, he returned to the USSR and died in Leningrad in 1979.

Exh: SFAA, 1929-39 (awards); CPLH, 1931 (solo); Calif. State Fair, 1934, 1935; Foundation of Western Art (LA), 1934-38; Calif.-Pacific Int'l Expo (San Diego), 1935; GGIE, 1939; NY World's Fair, 1939. In: SFMA. Murals: Linden and College Station (TX) Post Offices; Richmond (CA) Post Office; Pacific Grove (CA) Post Office; George Washington High School (SF); Coit Tower (SF); Palo Alto Medical Clinic; Presidio Chapel (SF); SF Art Inst. Library.