Kostia Terechkovitch, French painter and print-maker of Russian origin was born in the suburbs of Moscow. He studied under the painter Constantin Youon at the Moscow school of painting sculpture and architecture in 1917. Moved to Paris in 1920 and studied at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere and living in the Russian expartriate area of Montparnasse joined the artists Larionov and Soutine among others. In 1933 he designed sets and costumes for the Russian Ballet of Monte-Carlo. He was a key member of the loose alliance of colourists known as La Realite Poetique and in 1951 was appointed Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur. Designed at least one Catalogue Nicolas liste des grands vins in 1957.