Dying Swan Wallpaper - Tretchikoff

This work is Tretchikoff’s second attempt at Dying Swan with renowned Prima Ballerina and Founder of the National Ballet, Dame Alicia Markova ss the model for these works. This piece skilfully portrays the bittersweet story of the dying swan from the ballet, Swan Lake, encapsulating the haunting elegance of its final moments. The painting showcases the swan in its last dance, its graceful form portrayed with delicate precision.

Vladimir Tretchikoff is a notable 20th-century artist who painted a variety of realistic figures, portraits, still life, and animals. Inspired by his early life in China, Singapore, Indonesia and later his life in South Africa. Most of his many works were inspired by Malaysian or Chinese subjects that had influenced Tretchikoff. He is considered to be one of the most commercially successful artists of all time and enjoyed widespread popularity by the general public. He exhibited his art in unconventional places like shopping malls, with the goal of making his work more accessible, earning him the title ‘The People’s Painter’. His ‘Chinese Girl’ is one of the best-selling art prints to date.