Within a day combining three different sources from Germany (thank you Ulrich), Austria (thank you Hannelore) and Moscow (thank you Irina) the artist and some details about the tulips print were disclosed: the incredible possibilities of a friendly internet.
Vladimir Vasilyevich Averyanov (b. 1952) was an assistant Professor the Department of Graphichs in the Surikov Moscow State Academy Art Institute (named after painter Vasily Ivanisowitch Surikov (1848-1916) in 1991 and according to the link still is working.
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| "March Tulips" |
A quick internet research did not reveal much more about this artists but I found a Boris Yakovlevich Averyanov (1931-1973 who was involved in lithographic and linocut printmaking, maybe a family relative, because Boris Averyanov was also working in Surikov Art Academy.
This print and the lake Baikal woodblock print by Leonid Mikhailovich Kartashov (1935-2005) graphic artist, book illustrator and member of the Union of artists of the USSR, Moscow (and not as presumed before Andrei Kartashov) (were both printed in the "Graphic Art Workshop of the Moscow Art Fund" in 1991 and possibly were traveling with a European Exhibition or (selling) Tour.
But I also I remember visiting foreign art students (were they ?) were a common sight 25 years ago trying to sell paintings and other works of art house to house.
But I also I remember visiting foreign art students (were they ?) were a common sight 25 years ago trying to sell paintings and other works of art house to house.
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