Raya Sorkine

Although born in France, he feels Russia flowing in his veins. A Russia he has never known except in his breath, in his dreams, in the memory of a mother. Raya is, as they say, "a child of the ball".
At the age of twelve, he left school and, barely fourteen, with a small sketchbook, he set out on the roads like a nomad. He sleeps under the stars. Europe, Scandinavia, the Middle East... he goes everywhere, drawing or painting. Later he buys a caravan to continue his travels. Along his wandering life which lasts nearly twenty years, he scatters his numerous paintings all over the world, he marries four women and has seven daughters.
Raya Sorkine puts the visitor in front of a real pictorial firework. We have here a painter of joy, of love which marks his heredity. He is the heir of one of the richest revolutions in the history of art, having known classicism, impressionism and neo, the explosion of modern art and its multiple schools, Cézanne, Pablo Picasso and Marc Chagall.
He paints at night listening to "his music" (cosmic or religious). His painting is deeply Slavic and deeply Jewish.

What is the quotation of a painting by Raya on auction?

The price of Raya Sorkine's painting is quite fluctuating. As with all artists, the collectors' favorite subjects are subjects related to marriage, such as "The Yellow Wedding" sold for 2,400 euros (63.5 x 48.5 cm) or the bride and groom from Warsaw sold for 3,500 euros.

On the other hand, subjects such as still lifes or landscapes do not catch the attention of amateurs, or at much lower prices between 200 and 800 euros.

Works on paper, whether watercolor, pastel, pencil, oil pencil, works at auction are quite similar to the estimates given around 200 to 400 euros.

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Raya Sorkine
RAYA SORKINE (1936) - Diane d'amour, la danseuse, 2005 - Huile sur toile signée en bas à droite - Contresignée et titrée au dos, datée 08/01/05 - 100 x 81 cm
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