Portrait of an old man - a familiar manner?
 

Colleagues,

At one of the Western auctions stumbled here on this portrait. I do not know why, but it reminded me of a portrait of Dostoyevsky (work Perov, I think) - this general impression, and realistic writing, and drama performances. The artist is unknown. Abstract indicates the expected 20-th century (domyslivayu that the first third, no more, although such a plot and brushwork rather typical for the last third of the 19 th century, in my opinion). What do you think depicts a Russian man or not? Or just think of the proximity to Western European and Russian schools of painting the late 19 th century?

If you play a guessing, then assume that Busse, perhaps the author's name. And namesakes even artprayse lot. Somehow it seems to me that the model from Poland. And of course, hardly a Russian man.

Well, I also thought about Bussy first thing. But the auction house is not in vain wrote "unknown artist", there "Bussy" written in pencil on the stretcher. But wedges beard, but parted in the middle ... If it were not for the nose, spitting would have been a merchant of Murom some! :)

Where you saw the goatee? Whisk with gray.

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I recovered - "wedge". Recalls, recalls. While you're right - maybe gray strands create an impression. Well, a very old man on the Slav like ... IMHO, of course.

The notion of Slav, Slavic type - very broadly. This can be seen reading the
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At artprice.com watched all of the list, except Busse E. - So there does not mean anything like the manner not found. Seems to me that this is not the name of the artist, and owner. or master, who made the stretcher. or at all, just a word you ...:( brushwork anything Russian did not like?

Cool portrait! Appliances Perovskaya dramatic Kramskovsky. In general - the pros.

Russian Does he? - Ask. Who how to determine what he sees in the eyes of portreta.Ne same line of the skull measured by ...

But the brush, in my opinion, foreign.