Nicolai Cikovsky

He published a number of pieces in proletarian (Communist) journals like New Masses and International Literature in the 1930s. He was a member of the John Reed Club and showed landscapes at the Whitney. Cikovsky was a resident in Yaddo in 1931. Cikovsky was one of the Soviet émigré painters who formed the Hampton Bays Art Group. Other members of the group were David Burliuk, Arshile Gorky, Moses Soyer, Raphael Soyer, John D. Graham, George Constant, and Milton Avery. Originally producing slightly abstracted images, by the late 1940s Cikovsky had moved toward naturalism. Cikovsky died in Washington, D.C. at age 90. Cikovsky Jr. (1933–2016) was a noted art historian and curator at the National Gallery of Art.

The recorded working language is English. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Places of work recorded in the authority are United States. Work by Nicolai Cikovsky is recorded in the collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Art Institute of Chicago and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

• Birth Name — Николай Степанович Циковский • Born — 10 December 1894 • Birthplace — Pinsk, Russian Empire (modern Belarus) • Died — 6 May 1985 • Place of death — New York

The authorities additionally record the headings Nicolay Cikovsky, Nikolai Stepanovich Cikovsky, Nicolai S. Cikovsky, Nicolas Cikovsky and Nikolai Cikovskij. His recorded language was English. One child is recorded: Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr.