* TITLE: "Frozen field"
* ARTISTS: Gerus Boris Stepanovich
* SIZE: 74х120 cm/'29.13х47.24 inches'
* MEDIUM: oil, canvas
* HAND PAINTED: Original painting from our collection
* CONDITION: good condition, you can see all edges, corners and the back side of the painting on the photos
* This item was auctioned in Kiev auction
About the artist: Ukrainian painter.
Boris Stepanovich Gerus was born July 25, 1905 in the village. Petroverka (now October) of Odessa region.
In 1930-1936 he studied at the Odessa Art College. M. Grekov at T. Fraerman and P. Volokidin.
Member of the Great Patriotic War. Awarded with medals.
Since 1947, Gerus B.S. - Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR.
After the war, for 15 years, he headed the Odessa Art Gallery (now the Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art).
The representative of the older generation of the Odessa school of painting. Together with such outstanding artists as N. A. Shelyuto, V. M. Sinitsky, G. E. Shpolyansky, N. A. Pavlyuk, Boris Stepanovich Gerus was the curator and conductor of the traditions of the Association of South Russian Artists.
Participant of art exhibitions: republican since 1936, all-Union since 1965 and foreign since 1966.
In 1950, the artist held a personal exhibition in Odessa.
B.S. Gerus is a master of landscape, still life and thematic painting.
The works are stored in the National Art Museum of Ukraine, Odessa Museum of History and Local Lore, in the regional museums of Ukraine, as well as in private collections in Ukraine and abroad.