VIKTOR CHAZKEVICH (1943-2016). Sybille.

Viktor Chazkevich (1943-2016), Sybille, oil on canvas, 2011, monogrammed lower right, signed and monogrammed in Cyrillic on the reverse, dated and titled in German and Russian, with a narrow frame approx. 79 x 80 cm.

Literature: Boris Krepaks, 'Wiktor Chazkewitsch', Leverkusen 2014, illustrated on p. 104 (book included with the lot).

Viktor Chazkevich was born in Minsk, Belarus. He studied at the Art and Design School and subsequently at the Academy in Minsk, graduating with a diploma as a monumental artist. In Minsk, he created numerous large-scale works for public spaces, including schools, bus stations, and hotels. Numerous exhibitions in Belarus, Poland, and the GDR were dedicated to the artist's work before he moved to Germany with his family in 2004. He lived and worked in Leverkusen until 2016. His work became known through various exhibitions in Leverkusen, Cologne, and Düsseldorf. He worked unmistakably in the tradition of socialist realism as well as with elements of the symbolism of the Russian avant-garde of the early 20th century. Parallels to Chazkevich can be found in the work of famous artists such as Mikhail Vrubel or Pavel Filonov.