Vera Pestel
1886-1952

‘One of my earliest memories of collecting in Russia was meeting Sofiya Pestel, daughter of Vera Pestel, in the flat of Valery Dudakov. Small, unassuming and very charming, she used the money from the sale of an artwork for a trip to Spain, which she had, despite her advancing years, longed to visit.’ James Butterwick, 2020. A direct descendant of the Decembrist Colonel, Pavel Pestel, Vera graduated from high school with a gold medal, training in Munich between 1909 and 1911 under the Hungarian painter Simon Hollosy, and later, between 1912-1913, under Le Fauconnier and Metzinger at La Palette in Paris. The Paris art studios, museums, exhibitions and galleries provided the opportunity to study European art, but in 1915, influenced by Tatlin, Pestel became interested in Futurism. >> Read more

RECENTLY SOLD WORKS BY THIS ARTIST

Constructivist Composition