Konstin Vialov, Russian Soviet, 1900 to 1976, pencil painting on thick paper, Warships. Circa: early 1930s. Signed on verso. Konstantin Aleksandrovich Vialov was a well known Russian Soviet painter, graphic and thaetre artist known for his large scale industrial and naval paintings as well as posters and book illustrations. Provenance: the artwork acquired from Elena Melnikova, Vialovs widow, in 1980, comes from the collection of Victor Kholodkov, 1948 to 2015. One of a kind artwork.