B.Grigoryev
1886-1939
The Self-Portrait, 1920
Crayon on paper, 26,5 x 19,5 cm
BORIS DMITRIEVICH GRIGORYEV (1886-1939)
Known artist, graphic artist, illustrator. Studied at the Stroganov school (1903-07) under D.A.Shcherbinovsky. Worked with "The World of Art", regularly participated in exhibitions of the society in St.-Petersburg and Moscow. In 1919 departed illegally for Finland, then moved to Berlin. Cooperated as an artist with emigrant magazines. From 1921lived and worked in Paris.