Burmese (Myanmarese) Bride

VLADIMIR TRETCHIKOFF (1913-2006)
BURMESE BRIDE
 
Vladimir Tretchikoff was born in Siberia — and died in Cape Town, South Africa. Russian-born South African artist, a popular self-taught painter who was known as “the king of kitsch”— although his many fans compared his often garishly coloured art to Andy Warhol’s.
 
Tretchikoff escaped with his family from Russia in the wake of the Revolution of 1917, and they eventually settled in Harbin, China. He spent the early 1930s in Shanghai, where he found a job in advertising and contributed graphic artwork to newspapers and magazines. By 1935 he had settled in Singapore, where he continued his advertising career and produced illustrations for The Straits Times.
 
During the 1942 invasion of Singapore by Japan, he was evacuated. However, the boat on which he and some 300 others were fleeing was sunk by Japanese military ships in the open sea. Tretchikoff and the few other survivors were forced to row for 21 days to Java, where they were interned by Japanese forces. After a few months Tretchikoff was released, and he spent the rest of World War II in Batavia (now Jakarta), devoting himself to painting.
 
Dimensions: Print 46 x 59cm. Framed print 56 x 69cm
Condition: Some damage to print. Scuffs to a few areas and bubbling to the print. Please see images. Should you have any condition questions, please get it touch.
 
DISCLAIMER: picture frames do not form part of the sale unless outlined in the description (however, we do try to include with the painting where we can). All glass will be removed from all paintings prior to delivery to avoid damage in transit. Please note, all lifestyle images in our gallery are not indicative of framing and size.