Nikolai Troshin, Russian, 1897 to 1990, oil on canvas laid on cardboard landscape painting Rainy Summer, 1956. Signed, dated, and titled in pencil on verso. Nikolai Stepanovich Troshin, Russian and Soviet avant-garde painter, theatre director, and poster designer worked for the influential journal USSR under Construction. Studied at Penza Art Institute under Ivan Goryushkin Sorokopudov, moved to Moscow where he studied with Ilya Mashkov. He started to exhibit in 1918. His paintings can be found in the collections of the Tretyakov Museum, State Russian Museum, and many other museums in Russia. Russian Soviet Landscape Paintings and Socialist Realism Art Collectibles.

Dimensions: Board 10 1/8 x 13 3/4 in. All measurements are approximate.