The painting depicts the performance of the "Soviet Folk Dance Theater". Supposedly performed Ukrainian dance - "Gopak". Size: 16 x 57 cm (roughly 6.3 x 22.5 in) enclosed into frame 28.8 x 72.5 cm (roughly 11.33 x 28.54 in). Very Good condition. Weight of app. 2 kg isgoing to measure 3 kg packed for shipment.Please study good resolution images for precise cosmetic condition. Painting created circa early 20th century by Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinsky or Dobujinsky (Lithuanian: Mstislavas Dobužinskis, 1875-1957) was a Russian-Lithuanian artist noted for his cityscapes conveying the explosive growth and decay of the early twentieth-century city. Of noble Lithuanian extraction, Dobuzhinsky was born on August 14, 1875 in Novgorod into the family of an army officer. From 1885 to1887, he attended the Drawing School of the Society for the Promotion of the Artists. Between 1895 and 1899, he read Law at the University of St. Petersburg, simultaneously studying in private studios. After graduating fromthe University, he was trained from 1899 to 1901 by Anton Ažbe in Munich and Simon Hollósy in Nagybánya (Austria-Hungary). In Munich, he came to be influenced by the Jugendstil. On his return to Russia, he joined the Mir Iskusstva, an artistic circle which idealized the 18th century as the "ageof elegance".