Ivan Garikow: A Russian Artist’s Unique Perspective
Ivan Garikow, born in Belaya Glina, a small town in the Russian Empire, in 1918 spent the better portion of his difficult, specifically Twentieth-Century-addled life, making paintings. Though Garikow’s career spanned from his early teens in Russia to the end of his life in 1982 in Philadelphia, PA, his style always remained distinctly, traditionally Russian. Garikow was one of the last classically trained Artists to come out of Russia in the early 20th century. At first glance, one may dismiss the collection as amateurish or uneven, but when digested as a whole and viewed through the lens of the brand of nationalism apparent in Garikow’s biography, the true art historian’s eye acknowledges a valuable and worthwhile collection.
