ARTIST: Valery Tsarikovsky (New York, Ukraine, born 1952)
NAME: Billiards Hall
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light.
SIGHT SIZE: 30 x 40 inches / 76 x 101 cm
FRAME SIZE: unframed
SIGNATURE: lower right
SKU#: 119841
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BIOGRAPHY:
Born in 1952 in Kiev (Ukraine), Valery Tsarikovsky (Val Tsar) is a naturalized American citizen and has lived for about 30 years in Brooklyn, New York. A figurative genre and marine painter, he also creates landscapes, bringing to his art a powerful rugged sense of individualism, true to the spirit of impressionism. He starts and finishes his work on location (ALLA PRIMA), including in rain and snow, picking up the essence of a particular view.Self taught, he abandoned a career in architecture and got involved in art with his first exhibition at Altos De Shavon (Dominican Republic) as artist in residence.In 1987 he joined the Salmagundi Club and won the first Art Club Award that same year. Many more awards followed.From the beginning of his art career, Tsar exhibited on a regular basis at some major New York galleries and shows, like Hilde Gerst Gallery on Madison Avenue.His work has also been published in Great Britain - limited edition and he has been included in the Who's Who in American Art since 2000.His work is at the Metropolitan Opera, the White House, the World Economic Forum, and others.