ALEXANDER GORE FRAMED OIL ON MUSEUM BOARD ‘OUT OF THE BLUE’ (2007)

An abstract figural oil painting on museum board entitled "Out Of The Blue" by the contemporary  Russian/American artist Alexander Gore.  It is signed on the lower right and is accompanied by Mr. Gore's COA and seal attached to verso, "Out Of The Blue" was completed in 2007 and is presented in a gold-painted wooden frame, The painting has not been examined out of the frame. Dimensions: (Sight) H 15" x W 9.75," (Frame) H 23" x W 17.5." Alexander Gore was born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1958. Living just a block away from the famous Peter the Great Hermitage Museum, he was a frequent visitor in his early years, He was fascinated by Western art which consumed his imagination and life, but his paintings, executed in a very Modernist style, were not in keeping with the accepted styles of art allowed in the Soviet Union. The authorities and the "establishment" there decreed he had three choices: he could change to a more traditional style of art; he could leave the country, or he could be