'Maevka, Year 1905 in Murom', 1937 Oil on canvas 16 by 12 in Reverse inscribed in Russian: 'Maevka. Year 1905 in Murom 1937'
(b. 1909)
Gregory Meerovich Gordon was born in Kovno,
Lithuania. in 1929, he graduated from the
Vitebsk Art School, made legendary by its founders
and leaders such M. Chagall and K. Malevich, and
still run by their former students at the time
of Gordon’s schooling. Since 1927, Gordon actively
participated in exhibitions with his urban, rural
and industrial landscapes, and later with portraits
of partisans, soldiers, workers, and state officials.
He lived in Moscow and became recognized
for his gigantic thematic paintings, such as ‘Meeting of
Khasan’s Heroes with Collective Farmers of Far East’ or
‘Dinner on the Frontline’; and his ‘Maevka. Year 1905
in Murom’ (1937) was a smaller version of a
large-scale painting yet to come. 25 years later,
‘Dressing Soldier’ (1962) was done in a fresh
Impressionist style.
