Past: «WACHRENOW» from Odessa

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For the curious!
In modern Western auctions periodically appeared the picture of "Russian school of painting" of the late 19 th century with a mysterious signature: «WACHRENOW» (Cyrillic).

One can assume that this is Vasily Vahrenov (25.07.1847 - the c. 1885), an Odessa artist, painter, landscape painter.
Bibliographic information about him very little: a peasant from the province of Vladimir, lived in the 70 years of XIX century in Odessa and was a painter at the Odessa Society of antiquity and history. In the archives found mention of the fact that Count Stroganov AG petitioned for the release of VV Vahrenova from military service, on the instructions of the same graph the artist creates a unique series of prints "60 species of Odessa, the artist worked on more as a photographer, trying to show in excruciating detail City.
The album was released in 1869 - early 70-ies in Odessa, and since then has never been reissued.
Painting of the artist created, most likely under orders of local landowners, the German colonists, merchants and rich citizens. The artist actively cooperated in local periodicals "Odessa Gazette" and "Odessa sheet. Here he made sketches on the themes of Jewish pogroms in Odessa in 1881.

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... the artist worked on more as a photographer, trying to show in excruciating detail City.

It took 140 years and that Odesa leaving only street names (was returned) and no more than a dozen zdaniy.Istoricheskaya of Odessa has acquired its present appearance in the last quarter of the 19 th century and its last legs gody.Delo that very few buildings have official status "monument" historical or architectural. And not a single architectural ensemble
such status has not. Yes, and this status does not safeguard against intentional damage - first destroy the house from within, podzhigayut.Zatem recognize not subject to restoring and snosyat.Takaya fate now awaits House Rusova "located in the heart, at the intersection of Deribasovskoy and gardens, and which is the gem of architecture and decoration goroda.Tem more
  gen.planu permitted under the new "point" building of the historic center.
According to the same plan to be demolished all the houses adjacent to the city center and areas Slobodka, Moldavian, French bulvara.Zemlya been removed from communal property to private and only the domestic political uncertainty hampers protsess.Tak that if anyone wants to see the end of the Odessa 19 - 20 centuries hurry.