A.P.Ryabushkin, evaluation of work

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Please help evaluate the work: how much they cost. There is expert opinion.
1.Portret Fyumeneva IF, pastel, 57.5 * 46.4
2.Portret Tyumeneva Olga, oil, 38.3 * 30
3. Portrait of the wife Tyumeneva IF, oil, 27.8 * 20.6

Tyumenev I.F.rodilsya in St. Petersburg in a family of merchants. In the 1880-1888 years. studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, from which he graduated with the rank of a free artist.

Many traveled to Russia, was also abroad - in Western Europe, Syria and Palestine. He contributed to magazines (in the "Historical Journal"). Wrote historical stories and novels - including "Chaldeans", "The Tale of the Novgorod XV in life.", With drawings of the author. Known original painting by JF Tyumeneva "Archpriest Habakkuk Pustozersky in prison." Oil on canvas, 175 * 250, 1888 located at the Gorky Art Museum. [306] JF Tyumenev was a close acquaintance and companionship with Rimsky-Korsakov and wrote several librettos for operas of the famous composer. Under his influence, studied music and wrote the melody to the church chant "Cherubim". (It was published by P. Jurgenson Yu called "Dobroselskaya").

In the late 80's or early 90's Ilya F. bought a plot of land in the Novgorod district in Luban township, where the river flows into a small river Tigoda Korodynka, and built a manor house itself, which was given the name "Expanse". On behalf of the estate Ilya Fedorovich even took the stage name "Privoltsev."

In Expanse he sheltered his great friend and associate of Andrei Petrovich Ryabushkina, built for him a separate house with a workshop where the artist lived until his death.

JF Tyumenev had a large library. Incidentally, after the death of the writer Nikolai Leskov he bought from his heirs a significant part of the book collection of the writer, and brought him to the Expanse.

When in the 20s were evicted from the estates of landlords, Ilya F. moved to Leningrad to son, Alexander Ilyich Tyumeneva, well-known scholar on the history of primitive society, Professor Corresponding Member. Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Along with the rest of the property was transferred to Leningrad and collected by Ilya Fyodorovich library.