Paintings

Efim Efimowitsch Wolkow (1844 St. Petersburg - St. Petersburg 1920) (185. Auktion, Lot 430)

Volkov made studies at the School of the graphic arts of the Company for the promotion of arts and he was non-registered student (nobody authorized to attend university courses, in particular with conferences without having the official statute of student) with the Academy of arts. He lived and worked especially in Saint-Petersbourg and in his surroundings. In 1888 he went to Turkey, to Syria, to Palestine, to Egypt and Greece. He also worked on the Volga, in Pless, the preferred city of Levitan. In addition to his landscapes, he was also known as illustrator. One conferred the title of academician to him and he was member of the Company of the peddlers