Nicolai S. Nicola Cikovsky, Russian, American, 1894 to 1984, oil painting on canvas mounted on board, LongIsland Shore. Signed lower right. Framed. Provenance: Affinity Antique Auction, Fresh Meadows, NY, United States, July 31, 2022, lot 239. Nicolai Cikovsky is known for Shore landscape, figure, still life and portrait painting, printmaking. Landscape and figure painter Nicolai S. Cikovsky was born in Russia, where he studied at the Vilna Art School, 1910 to 1914; the Penza Royal Art School, 1914-1918; and Moscow High Tech Art Institute, 1921 to 1923. He emigrated to the United States in 1923, exhibiting in that year in New York City at the Charles Daniels Gallery. In 1942, Cikovsky began spending summers on Long Island, New York, in the North Sea area, where he moved permanently in the late 1970s. He painted many land and seascapes there, and is said to have been an influence on two well known area painters, Jane Freilicher and Fairfield Porter. Cikovsky was a member of New York City institutions, including the National Academy of Design, Associate 1968; Academician 1970; National Institute of Arts and Letters; and Society of Painters, Sculptors, and Engravers. One of a kind artwork.