Featured Help ID painter's sig ?

Just grabbed this yesterday-canvas is 7 1/2" by 9 1/2", frame is 11 3/4" by 13 5/8". Painting appears to have remounted on a newer linen panel-see newer canvas and numbering on reverse .
Done in oil,don't see any cracking-but you can see where a tiny bits of pigment has flaked off.
Any guesses on the artists initials-perhaps 'HKP' ?

 

Very nice. Orthodox church or monastery, probably Russian.

Or HKB?
The initials are likely in Cyrillic.

 

Excellent AJ,that's why the initials have that form- didn't even think of that ! We've got a fair amount of Russian Orthodox in East Portland-I run into them constantly at the Thrifts and Estate Sales.
I'll have to slip a copy of the initials, or photo and start asking around...or-go to a church and ask a priest (along w/ a donation of course!).

 

The onion-spired building is within heavily fortified walls...multiple loop-holes overlooking a sloped approach, barren of cover. I would not wanna crawl into that array of bowman's mayhem.
Please see what you can find out about the location an' name of that fortress, Bosko!

 

http://inspirationalartworks.blogspot.com/2011/02/miscellaneous-20th-century-russian_4375.html

 

I think this has been painted.......... a few times !

 

The kremlin of rostov the great the church of st john the theologian behind the fortress wall russian architecture of the xvii century rostov yaroslavl region russia 2022 | Premium Photo

 

I nominate Komo for BEST ANSWER ! That first pic is basically almost a xerox-thanks Bro.

 

The Cyrillic equivalent of the Latin characters 'HKB' is 'НКБ'.
Here is a letter-by-letter breakdown:

• H → Н: In Cyrillic, the letter Н represents the "n" sound.
• K → К: The letter К represents the "k" sound.
• B → Б: The letter Б represents the "b" sound

 

Nice painting @bosko69! -- it's got real energy and vividness.

 

Nice painting. Tried to Google 'НКБ monogram' but no success.

 

@Potteryplease & @Chinoiserie thanks,I found it a cut above.I'll have to start exploring some Russian Art chat forums (fingers crossed).

 

Hi old friends, long time, no "see"!

will try to help - bosko, your painting depicts Rostov na Donu Kremlin, initials are, as Any said, likely Cyrillic "Н К В" which will be "N K V" in Latin. Could not find a known painter with such initials - searched in Russian. Probably local painter in your area who copied a more famous painter (found by komokva)

komokva's (not his, found by him, errr) painting is indeed the same viewpoint of the same Kremlin, it is named "The dawn is coming. A small street in Great Rostov" by Shcherbakov Boris Valentinovich, Soviet Russian painter who died in 1995:
Source:
Городок провинциальный...
Щербаков Борис Валентинович (Россия, 1916-1995) «Проясняется. Улочка в Ростове Великом» 1973
Щербаков, Борис Валентинович — Википедия

 

Hi Iva! Welcome back.

 

Thank you so much, Any! I gave up looking for "treasures" - the prices changed here and I cannot afford it
But I missed you and the forensic discussions about new-found items so here I am

 

@IvaPan , it is wonderful to see you posting here again!

 

Thanks so much Iva-welcome back and thanks so much for the help ! I hope you don't abandon your hunt permanently- things have gotten very expensive here and harder to find, but I still find things for under $10-this painting was $6.
PS-Sorry it took so long to write back,my Email is not telling me when I get new alerts here.

 

funny....it told me you called yesterday !!

re-check your settings... maybe !!!

and try clicking best answer on my post....