Alexei Nikolsky oil on canvas depicting a river with overhanging trees, beautifully executed and dated 1959. Alexei Nikolsky was of Russian extraction and his family fled from Russia on the Communist takeover in 1918. Their choice of exile was Poland, from where they were forced to flee again when the Nazis invaded  in 1939. The Nikolsky family came to England via France, and Alexei was put to work in agriculture, this being useful to the British war effort. This is how Nikolsky found himself living in Northney, an agrarian area of Hayling Island, where he stayed until his death in the mid-1970's. Well sought after and collectible artist, painting in original frame.

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