Victor Arnautoff
American artist (1896-1979) · United States · On the map · Artists · Died at 82
Victor Mikhailovich Arnautoff was a Russian-American painter and professor of art. He worked in San Francisco and the Bay Area from 1925 to 1963, including two decades as a teacher at Stanford University, and was particularly prolific as a muralist during the 1930s.
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Boris Grigoriev (1929)
"City Life" mural, Coit Tower, San Francisco, painted by Arnautoff
Another part of the City Life mural, featuring a self-portrait of Arnautoff, near a magazine rack containing socialist/communist magazines.
Arnautoff with Esther Bruton in 1936
Detail of Arnautoff's mural for the Mariupol International AirportAbout this person
He became a naturalized U.S. citizen, but returned to the Soviet Union after the death of his wife, continuing his career there before his death.
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United States
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Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1896 to 1979 · aged 82
