Vladimir Vasilievich Lebedev (Russian, 1891-1967) oil painting on canvas depicting a portrait of a woman in a headscarf. Signed with initials and illegible dated lower left. Vladimir Vasilievich Lebedev, a Soviet avant-garde painter, poster and graphic artist, book and magazine illustrator, founder of the Leningrad school of book graphics. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1966), Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Arts (1967).