PORTRAIT OF TAMARA BIBA

TOLSTOY ALEXANDER SERGEEVICH (1895-1969)

PORTRAIT OF TAMARA BIBA

Tamara Biba (1907–1992), whose portrait A. S. Tolstoy painted in the 1930s, was born in Moscow. She emigrated with her mother Katarina in 1920 to Serbia and settled in Belgrade. Worked for the Copyright Office. She was the wife of Georgi Biba, a well-known and recognized Belgrade antique dealer, who between the two World Wars had an antique shop on Vuk Karadzic Street. George Biba was a relative of Vladimir Peshich.

1930s

Oil on canvas

61 x 49.5 cm

EXHIBITION:

• „The brilliance of Russian painters“ from the collection of Vladimir Peshich, The Russian House in Belgrade, May 12 – September 14, 2022.

LITERATURE:

• Exhibition catalogue „The Brilliance of Russian Painters“ from the collection of Vladimir Peshich, The Russian House in Belgrade, May 12 – September 14, 2022. Publisher: Vladimir Peshich, Belgrade, 2022. Illustrated on page 55.

CONDITION REPORT:
The painting is in perfect condition.

Price on request.