NOVIKOV, Boris Leonidovich

1888 (Tiflis) — 16 июня 1966 (Beirut, Lebanon)

Military, painter, graphic artist, architect

From a noble family. He graduated from the Naval corps in St. Petersburg (1909). By-видимому, attended classes at the Higher art school of painting, sculpture and architecture under the Imperial Academy of arts (1900-е).

a Member of the First world and Civil wars. He fought in bronepoezda troops, served on the battleship "Admiral Nepenin", commanded a gunboat boat "Guardian" (December 1919), commander of the armed icebreaker "Gaydamak" (March 1920), then — destroyers "Restless"; captain 2-го rank. 14 ноября 1920 вместе with the Russian squadron on the destroyer "Restless" had left the Crimea; evacuated after landing at Constantinople was transferred to Bizerta (Tunisia).

he Lived and worked in Tunisia from 1922 — in Lebanon (Beirut). In exile, he devoted himself to painting and architecture. Performed marine and architectural landscapes, still lifes; worked a lot in watercolors. The Chairman of the Cabins-компании in Beirut. Awarded the National order of the Cedar (1963).

the Work presented in the National Museum of Damascus.