hildegardavon:Vladimir Karpoff, 1904-?Adam and Eve in Terrestrial Paradise, n/d, decorative panel po
hildegardavon:Vladimir Karpoff, 1904-?Adam and Eve in Terrestrial Paradise, n/d, decorative panel polychrome lacquer dark red, golden yellow, silvery white, pink, green and other nuanced colors, 97x68 cmPrivate CollectionOf Russian origin, settled in Lyon, this painter-lacquerer was in his beginnings dinandier His lacquer work began around 1935. In 1938 he exhibited in the Guichard-Pellé Gallery panels in lacquer and gold, technique that he masters particularly well. Interrupted by the war, his research culminated after 1945 with a choice of more ambitious themes relating to history or mythology. (Proantic) -- source link