An exceptional russian painting "The Nizhny Novgorod Fair" by Alexey Grigorievich Varlamov (1920-2000). Measurements: 120 by 100cm.
Oil on canvas, signed in Cyrillic lower right, countersigned, named and situated on the back.
Biography
Born in Galich (1920).
Graduated from the Gorki Art College (1935-1940).
Member of the Union of Artists.
Representative of Volga school of painting.
Created also some famous genre works and portraits including “Along the wide Volga” preserved now at Nizhni Novgorod Sate Art Museum.
Varlamov’s works are kept in the State Tretyakov Gallery,
the State Russian Museum, Art museums of Nizhny Novgorod, Yaroslavl,
Kostroma, Ryazan.
Varlamov Gallery was opened in New York (USA).
The Nizhny Novgorod Fair
The History of Nizhny Novgorod Fair counts little less than 5 centuries. In the XIX century the Fair acquired a very important place in the system of All Russia trade.
Here the prices on the main goods were established. This was the place where the West met with the East.
Nizhny Novgorod Fair, the largest in Europe, looked like a small European city - wide streets were electrically lighted,
it had 8 squares with fountains and parks, numerous shops and stores, brokers offices, 9 banks, thatres and restaurants. At the banks of the both rivers there
were quays with innumerable ships. The "population" of Yarmarka comprised up to 400 000 people. The Fair was quick to react to tendencies at internal and
external markets.
