A STUNNING 1950 SIGNED TRETCHIKOFF ART BOOK - WITH COLOR PRINTS AND ORIGINAL DUST JACKET - AWESOME !

This is a fantastic first edition art book printed in 1950 by Cape Times Ltd , Cape Town . The book depicts 56 works of art by Vladimir Tretchikoff , world renowned artist . Can you believe it is 63 years old and the art more popular now than ever . If you watch the news or read the newspaper you might have noticed that one of the artists paintings recently sold for just over a million Rand . Some have sold for more . Here are some facts about the artist .

Vladimir Griegorovich Tretchikoff 

Born : 1913 Siberia , Russia - Died 2006 becoming the richest artist after Picasso .

Resided in SA from 1946 

A self-taught painter of figures , portraits , genre , still life and wildlife . Works in oil , watercolor , ink , pencil and charcoal . 

Profile : From 1946 a member of the SAAA . In 1942 a propaganda artist for the British ministry on information in Singapore . Reproductions of many of his paintings have been immensely popular . Has lived in Russia , Manchuria , China , Malaya , the UK , the USA and Canada . 1978 - 81 the subject of three documentary films made by the BBC , the SABC and Eurovision . 

Exhibitions : 1933 Shanghai , China , first of 52 solo exhibitions held in Asia , SA , the UK , the USA and Canada .

Award : 1939 medal , Gallery of science and art , New York .

Publication by Tretchikoff : With A Hocking , Pigeons luck , 1973 , Collins , London .

References : Richard Buncher , Tretchikoff 1950 , Howard Timmins Cape Town , George Harrap , Art of Tretchikoff , 1973 , Howard Timmins Cape Town , Collectors guide , SAA , IWAA , BSAK 1&2 , AASA , SA Panorama November 1976 .

Size of book : 395 x 292 x 20 mm

Pages : 60

Condition : Very fair for age .

Postage : R 55