Pupil Repin Grave Vera Feodorovna
Dear Sirs
Please rate, female portrait of Grave Vera Feodorovna (1828 -?). Oil on canvas, 69h 54 cm
Perfect condition, frame home, a modern frame.
Member of the Imperial Society of Russian watercolors, a participant of the First Ladies of artistic circles.
A pupil of Repin Tenishev rates.
In his letters to Princess Tenisheva Repin mentions it more often than others: "Received the first number," praises:
(U Grave scene backstage circus. Gymnast looks at the boy accidentally killed the son of: ran in terror and other family members. In the distance arena more jubilant, and suffused with bright light, shining and here, on the contours of the figures.
Done very artistically, all the shapes from nature, spots of light
picturesque - drawing in black sauce). ,
reports that he bought one of her works.
Swedish experts find it difficult to assess because of the Grave has never been sold at international auctions. The fact that the portrait is written in typical Russian Repin school - confirm.
Maybe someone knows about her life and work? The last mention, I found - she had participated in some exhibition in St. Petersburg in 1918. The designer postcards, participated in the illustration sobr.soch. Pushkin.
Date of death unknown. Can emigrated, perhaps - was killed in Russia?
I would be grateful for any information and evaluation!
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