Boris Pastoukhoff - Still life with poppies

Boris Ivanovich Pastoukhoff studied in Kiev under A.A. Murashko. Forced to flee in 1917, he settled in Belgrade where he quickly built a solid reputation. In 1931 he moved to Paris where he exhibited regularly, notably at the Salon des Tuileries and Salon d’Automne. His work can be found in private and public collections such as the Brooklyn Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of Modern Art in Madrid and the Columbia-University Museum of Art. He is also known for painting major Hollywood stars. Much of his work can be seen in hotels in Paris. The Lancaster Hotel, where he stayed for almost ten years (without ever paying a cent for it), has around 80 of his paintings hanging there. Perhaps his best known is his famous portrait of Danielle Darrieux from 1947, which was auctioned off for €30,000 in 2009.