By : Savely Sorine

 from Russia (1887 - 1953)

Oil painting 

Margaret (Nin) Dorothy Kahn

[Margaret (Nin) Dorothy Kahn[ (from New Jersey; 1901 - 1995), the woman depicted here by Savely Sorine and posted below] and her husband - John Barry Ryan Jr. (1901-1966) - were keen Art collectors and promoters of young talents. They particularly appreciated the art of the French impressionists. The Ryan Collection was comprised of Works by Manet, Cézanne, Pissarro, Monet, Renoir, Vuillard and by other artists.
In 1951 she and the other Kahn heirs sold Rembrandt's "Portrait of a Young Student" for $90,000, donating the money to the Metropolitan Opera, which allowed for them to produce Verdi's "Don Carlo" and Mozart's 'Cosi Fan Tutte.']
Born into a poor family in a small town, young Sorin didn't attend any school until he was 16. He ran away from home to Odessa, enrolled in an art school, earned a Big Medal upon graduation in 1899 and moved to Saint Petersburg. There Sorin entered the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts; his teacher was the famous painter Ilya Repin.
In 1920, when Sorin left Russia, he was already an established society portraitist.
His first shows in the 1920s were a great success in Paris and London, which brought him orders from the British Royal Family. He was known in Europe and America, and also dreamed about fame in Russia. In his will, the artist bequeathed 30 portraits of Russian writers and poets to Russian museums ...In 1951 she and the other Kahn heirs sold Rembrandt's "Portrait of a Young Student" for $90,000, donating the money to the Metropolitan Opera, which allowed for them to produce Verdi's "Don Carlo" and Mozart's 'Cosi Fan Tutte.']Born into a poor family in a small town, young Sorin didn't attend any school until he was 16. He ran away from home to Odessa, enrolled in an art school, earned a Big Medal upon graduation in 1899 and moved to Saint Petersburg. There Sorin entered the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts; his teacher was the famous painter Ilya Repin.In 1920, when Sorin left Russia, he was already an established society portraitist.His first shows in the 1920s were a great success in Paris and London, which brought him orders from the British Royal Family. He was known in Europe and America, and also dreamed about fame in Russia. In his will, the artist bequeathed 30 portraits of Russian writers and poets to Russian museums ...