DAVID BURLIUK (RUSSIAN AMERICAN 1882–1967) Still Life with Flowers and Fruit

Still Life with Flowers and Fruit

Oil on canvas.

Canvas size: 13 x 13 in (33 x 33 cm)

Frame size: 19 x 19 in (48.3 x 48.3 cm)

Exhibited at the Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey, September 17 – October 17, 1971, from The Moses and Ida Soyer Collection.

With Christie’s sale labels verso.

An expressive and richly textured still life by David Burliuk, one of the central figures of the Russian avant-garde and widely regarded as the “Father of Russian Futurism.” Painted with vigorous impasto and a vibrant post-impressionist palette, the composition depicts flowers and fruit arranged upon a draped tabletop against a luminous blue background.

The painting demonstrates Burliuk’s characteristic energetic brushwork and expressive use of color, balancing intimacy of scale with strong visual presence. Works of this nature reflect the artist’s distinctive synthesis of Russian avant-garde experimentation and European modernist influence developed throughout his mature career.

The work carries notable exhibition history, having been exhibited at the Montclair Art Museum in 1971 as part of The Moses and Ida Soyer Collection. Moses Soyer, one of the renowned Soyer brothers, was an important Russian American painter associated with the New York artistic circles in which David Burliuk also played a significant role, adding further historical and collector interest to the work.

Condition: presents well with appropriate age wear; housed in frame.