ILYA SHENKER Ukrainian - American, 1920-2013 Little Boy Oil on canvas-board Signed lower right; verso titled. Expressive oil portrait depicts a young boy with tousled curls rendered in a warm, vibrant palette of oranges, golds, and rose tones against a dark background. Framed under glass. 7 x 5.5 inches; frame: 20.5 x 16 inches $200-300
ARTIST PROFILE: Ilya Shenker (Soviet / American, 1920-2013) was born in Odessa, Ukraine, and became known as an avant-garde painter and printmaker celebrated for his woodcut and linocut prints, often hand-finished with watercolor. Working across oil, gouache, and etching, he produced portraits, religious and literary subjects as well as landscapes and still lifes. He emigrated from the Soviet Union in 1974 and his work was later exhibited internationally, including a solo exhibition at the Musee de l'Athenee in Geneva in 1982, before he settled in New York, where he remained active until h is death in 2013.
