Boris Solotareff, Russian, 1889 to 1966, an oil on canvas painting depicting a self portrait of the artist. The man depicted wearing a costume with glasses in the artists studio. Signed by the artist in the lower right. Housed in an old gilt wood frame. Note: Boris Solotareff was born in Bendare, Romania in 1889. He studied art in Odessa until 1907, when, at the age of eighteen he moved to Munich. He arrived in that city just as it was beginning to assert its role as a major European cultural capital. Solotareff enrolled at the Akademie der Bildenden Kunst during the heyday of the Munich Secession. In the seven years he spent in Munich, he would have been able to experience first hand the dramatic influence of Kandinskys Phalanx and Blaue Reiter groups. At the exhibition held by Kandinsky at the Neue Kunstler Vereinigung, the young Romanian artist would have had perhaps his first exposure to the works of Picasso, Braque, and Vlaminck. One of a kind artwork. Russian Fine Art, Collectible Figurative Paintings And Portraiture For Wall Decor.