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Boris Simon
“Girl with Guitar”

Circa 1955

About the Item

Original oil on canvas painting of a young girl with guitar by the Russian/French artist, Boris Simon. Signed top right. Circa 1955. Condition is excellent. Presently unframed. Provenance: Delray Beach, Florida estate. 1913-1972 Boris Goncharov Simon, born 8 January 1913 in Malzéville, Lorraine and died at Saint-Cloud on 14 April 1972. He was a painter, a writer and translator French. His family is French by his father, Pol Simon, mathematics works manager at Nancy, a passion for art and literature, and Russian by his mother, Elisabeth Goncharov (writer Ivan Goncharov was his great-uncle) Because of the First World War, the Russian Revolution and its aftermath, Boris and his brother Sacha eldest stayed with their grandmother Russian Native from 1914 to 1921. In khâgne, Nancy, Boris is linked to friendship with the writer Henri Thomas he had to Poincaré Nancy high school and both had maintained a long correspondence until 1943. He studied art at the Beaux Arts in Nancy. He regularly exhibited his art at the Salon des Artists Francais, the Salon des Indepentants and the Salon d’Hiver. He had one man shows in Besancon, Pontarlier and abroad in Germany, Holland and Yugoslavia. He was also a professor of history at the School of the Chamber of Commerce in Paris.
  • Creator:
    Boris Simon (1913 - 1972, Russian, French)
  • Creation Year:
    Circa 1955
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 21.5 in (54.61 cm)Width: 18 in (45.72 cm)Depth: 0.75 in (1.91 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Southampton, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1419663112

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