Nostalgical view of Leningrad /now St.Petersburg from 1970s: busy street scene before Rostrel Cologne on Vasiljevsky island. This painting was executed by classic represantative  of Ukrainian art, honoured artist of Ukraine and member of artist union of USSR Gregory Minsky (born 1912 in Odessa). he studied in Odessa art school and Kiew Artist institute since 1938, He volunteered for the front in WWII, returned after war and continued study. His main genre is landscapes, city views and revolutionary historical paintings , Exhibitions:  - National museum of Art in 1998 , Kiew and Artist House  in 2010. Illustration of his exhibiton cataloque in 1998 see our additional photo and for biography, auctions results see web (in Russian) : http://minskiy.at.ua/

Provenance: purchased by the author in 1998.

Literature: exhibition cataloque and on-line biography under http://minskiy.at.ua/

Inscription: signed lower right, on reverse signed (in Russian) again, titled and dated 1972, old label of Ukrainian artist union.

Technique: oil on canvas.

Measurements: unframed 30 3/4" x 35 " ( 78 x 89 cm).

Condition: in very good original condition