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OCTOBER 2023 DECORATIVE & FINE ART SALE
Lot 198:
Oil on canvas painting titled "Caravan in Oasis, Egypt" in the style of Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Russian, Ukrainian, 1817 – 1900). It is inscribed in Cyrillic ‘Aivazovsky’ lower right. In 1869, Aivazovsky went to Egypt to participate in the opening ceremony of the Suez Canal. As a result of this trip, a panorama of the canal and a number of paintings reflecting the nature and way of life of Egypt, with its pyramids, sphinxes, and camel caravans. Ivan Aivazovksy was a Russian Romantic painter of Armenian descent living and working in Crimea, most famous for his seascapes, which constitute more than half of his paintings. His talent as an artist earned him sponsorship and entry to the Simferopol gymnasium and later the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, from which he graduated with a gold medal. Earning awards for his early landscapes and seascapes, he went on to paint a series of portraits of Crimean coastal towns before traveling throughout Europe. Aivazovsky is best known for his seascapes and coastal scenes. His technique and imagination in depicting the shimmering play of light on the waves and seafoam is especially admired and gives his seascapes a romantic yet realistic quality that echoes the work of English watercolorist J. M. W. Turner and Russian painter Sylvester Shchedrin.
Dimensions: 24 x 16 in., (61 x 40.5 cm.)
Condition: We looked at the painting under a blue light. The signature does not glare. There are several (very few) spots on the right top part of the painting where the sky has been touched up. A small paint flake at the top center part of the painting. The canvas is relined.
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