Vladimir Vasilievich Lebedev (Russian, 1891-1967) watercolor and ink painting on paper depicting two young ladies, one sitting on a bench in the foreground. Unsigned. Vladimir Vasilyevich Lebedev - Russian and 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).