[John Preston]

And who is N.Poliakoff? Brother Serge Polyakov ?

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biography of the artist.

Polyakov , Nikolai G. (1899 , Moscow - July 1, 1976 , Paris). Artist . Brother V. and SG Polyakov. From the gypsy musical dynasty Polyakov. In exile in France, lived in Paris. He studied painting at the Academy Andre Lhote . He took lessons from VI Shuhaeva . He painted portraits , landscapes , nudes . His most famous work of 1927, including " Portrait of a Woman ," " Nude " ( in the genre of Cubism ). Talk Salon d'Automne (1926, 1928), Salon of Independent ( 1926-1976 ). Held solo exhibitions in Paris (1928 , 1929 , 1931, 1943). In 1977 in the Salon of Independent held a memorial exhibition.