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OCTOBER 2023 DECORATIVE & FINE ART SALE
Lot 200:
Sergei Vasilevich Ivanov (Russian, 1864 – 1910), oil on canvas painting depicting a streetlife outside a snow-covered village in Russia. Signed in Cyrillic ‘S. Ivanov’ lower left. Sergey Vasilyevich Ivanov was a Russian genre and history painter, known for his social realism. In 1899, he became a member of the Peredvizhniki, but was soon dissatisfied with their emphasis on "lovely scenes". In 1903, he was one of the founders of the Union of Russian Artists. In 1905, the Imperial Academy named him an "Academician". Later that year, during the Moscow Uprising, he made numerous sketches while also helping the wounded. From 1903 to 1910, he taught at the MSPSA. He was also known as an illustrator; creating drawings for classics by Gogol, Lermontov and Pushkin, among others.
Dimensions: 21 x 13 1/4 in., (51.2 x 33.5 cm.)
Condition: Good, no apparent signs of restoration.
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