129 - Serge GRÈS (Kiev 1899 – Tahiti 1970)

Serge GRÈS (Kiev 1899 – Tahiti 1970) Ceremony in Tahiti Painted in 1943 Oil on canvas 148 × 116 cm Signed, dated, and located in the lower left corner: “Grès 43 Tahiti” A painter and sculptor born in Kiev, Serge Czerefkow trained at the Kiev School of Fine Arts before moving to Paris in 1924. There, he exhibited his work at the Salon d’Automne as well as in several private galleries. It was during this period that he adopted the pseudonym “Grès.” In 1932, he moved to Tahiti, where he exhibited his works, as well as in the United States. In 1935, the painter held his first public exhibition at the Cercle Bougainville in Papeete, Tahiti.