Constantine terechkovitch biography

Konstantin Terechkovitch, usually known as Kostia Terechkovitch, was born near Moscow.
Konstantin Tereshkovich went to school in Moscow, where his family had moved in 1907.
Constantin (or Kostia) Terechkovitch was born near Moscow on May 1st, 1902.

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Constantin Terechkovitch

Russian. Constantin (or Kostia) Terechkovitch was born near Moscow on May 1st, 1902. He attended Moscow’s Academy of Fine Arts in Moscow before (at the age of eighteen) leaving his homeland and venturing to Paris. There, Terechkovitch met Michel Larionoff and became involved in the Ballets Russes which had swept the Parisian social world. He was also introduced to other major French artists of Jewish extraction, such as Chaim Soutine, Amadeo Modigliani and Marc Chagall. Starting in 1926, Terechkovitch exhibited his work at the Girard, Quatre-Chemins, Elys?e, Petrides and Bernier galleries. He also participated in the Paris Salons and in many group shows in Paris. In 1951 he was elected a Knight of the Legion of Honor. Abroad, Terechkovitch exhibited in Brussels, Geneva and New York. Terechkovitch is best remembered for his scenes of family life as well as his depictions of horse races (which reflect the influence of Raoul Dufy), as well as his still lifes and landscapes.

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Mother and Child

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Constantin Terechkovitch

Russian (1902–1978)

Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of EA XXX/XL
Image Size: 23.5 x 17 inches
Size: 29.5 x 21 in. (74.93 x 53.34 cm)

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about Mother and Child

Artist: Constantin Terechkovitch, Russian (1902 - 1978) - Mother and Child.

Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: EA XXX/XL, Image Size: 23.5 x 17 inches, Size: 29.5 x 21 in. (74.93 x 53.34 cm)

About The Artist: Constantin Terechkovitch

Constantin (or Kostia) Terechkovitch was born near Moscow on May 1st, 1902. He attended Moscow’s Academy of Fine Arts in Moscow before (at the age of eighteen) leaving his homeland and venturing to Paris. There, Terechkovitch met Michel Larionoff and became involved in the Ballets Russes which had swept the Parisian social world. He was also introduced to other major French artis

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Constantin Terechkovitch

Russian, French.

Constantin Tereshkovitch is a French naturalized Russian painter, lithographer, engraver and illustrator. Konstantin Tereshkovitch comes from a family of doctors. He spent his childhood near Moscow, then, from 1907, in the city itself, where his parents showed him the collection of Sergei Ivanovitch Chtchoukine. This visit is decisive since it provokes the pictorial vocation of the young man. Before the revolution, he followed the courses of the painter Constantin Youon and, in 1917, at the age of fifteen, entered the School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in Moscow.

He sees the Russian Revolution as the sign that will hasten his departure for Paris, a city where he had long since decided to settle in order to learn to paint. He arrived there in 1920 and enrolled at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. It survives by working in a factory, then serving as a model for a sculptor. He rubs shoulders with all the Russian painters of Montparnasse, Volovic, Krémègne, and paints alongside them at La Ruche.

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