Boris Petrovich Sveshnikov (Russian, 1927-1998) pencil painting on paper, depicting a family scene. Circa: Mid 1940s. Matted. Inscribed in the Cyrillic on the back. Boris Petrovich Sveshnikov - Russian painter, graphic artist, book illustrator. Refers to unofficial Soviet art. In 1946 he was repressed for anti-Soviet propaganda. Rehabilitated in 1956. Belongs to the generation of the sixties. He worked for Goslitizdat, created illustrations for books by Goethe, E. T. A. Hoffmann, H. K. Andersen, the brothers Grimm, M. Maeterlinck, K. G. Paustovsky, J. Soderberg, T. Moore, J. Vrchlitsky and others writers. One of the largest and most authoritative representatives of the unofficial art of the 1950-1980s. One of a kind artwork.