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Painting Spring. I. Pokhitonov.
Painting Spring. I. Pokhitonov.
Painting Spring. I. Pokhitonov.
Painting Spring. I. Pokhitonov.
Painting Spring. I. Pokhitonov.
Painting Spring. I. Pokhitonov.
Painting Spring. I. Pokhitonov.
Painting Spring. I. Pokhitonov.
Painting Spring. I. Pokhitonov.
Painting Spring. I. Pokhitonov.

Painting Spring. I. Pokhitonov.

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Painting Spring from the series Alder has blossomed.

At the bottom right is the signature in Cyrillic and Latin I. Pokhitonov. I.Pohitonow. Presumably 1890s.

The painting depicts early spring with puddles and snow that has not yet melted. In the center of the landscape is a tree that has just blossomed. Together with the grove in the distance, it forms the triangular frame of the work. In it, diagonally, following the puddles to the elevation on the right, a damp field stretches. On the contrary, the snow patch forms a cross line and almost touches the mournful procession of rural work. The state of indefinite sadness and hope, so famous in Russian life, appears in this work.

Painting size: 20 x 27 cm.

Expert opinion: State Tretyakov Gallery.

Provenance: From a private collection, purchased at Russian Auction, Lot No. 77 Stockholms Auktionsverket, October 2, 2008, Stockholm, Sweden.

Art:
russia
Height:
30 cm
Width:
38 cm
Depth:
2 cm
Period:
19th century
Style:
Realism
Country:
Russia
Material:
Oil on panel
Condition:
Revive
Fair
Good
Very good
Like new

The condition report is provided for informational purposes only.

It is not comprehensive and may not reflect all defects, restorations, alterations, or adaptations, as Antiqon does not perform professional conservation-level assessments. The information is based on a qualified, yet subjective, evaluation by our specialists.Before purchasing, we recommend consultation with an independent expert.Please also consult our Terms and conditions and Glossary A-Z, which contain important information on lot characteristics and sale conditions.

Pokhitonov Ivan Pavlovich
 Pokhitonov Ivan Pavlovich - Russian painter, member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts.Pokhitonov was born in 1850 in the village of Matrenovka, Kherson province, into a family of hereditary military men. Since childhood I.P. Pokhitonov was fond of drawing, painted Ukrainian huts, Kherson steppes, his relatives and friends in watercolors and oils.Pokhitonov did not receive a special art education. He had to independently learn all the secrets of the painters skill.In the fall of 1876, at the Traveling Exhibition held in Elizavetgrad, Pokhitonov first got acquainted with the paintings of A.I. Kuindzhi, I.I. Shishkina, A.P. Bogolyubov, A.K. Savrasov, M.K. Klodt, N.N. Ge, I.N. Kramskoy, V.E. Makovsky, who made a huge impression on him. The dream to someday become a participant in such an exhibition determined all his further aspirations to achieve professionalism.In 1877, the artist decided to move to Paris, where he studied with E. Carriere and A.P. Bogolyubov.The artist became famous for his miniatures, mostly landscape ones. He painted with a thin brush, using a magnifying glass, on boards of red or lemon wood, which he primed using a special technology.By order of Emperor Alexander III (1881), he painted 9 panels with views of the battle places during the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878. In 1904, for this work, he was elected a full member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts for battle painting.In 1905 and 1906 I.P. Pokhitonov visits Yasnaya Polyana with the great L.N. Tolstoy.In 1911, a personal exhibition of Pokhitonov was held in the Lemersier gallery in Moscow.Due to weak lungs I.P. Pokhitonov could not spend the winter in Russia. Therefore, he lived in France and Belgium for a long time, coming home in the summer months.Pakhitonov died in Brussels on December 23, 1923.Pokhitonovs work is presented in many private and museum collections, including the State Tretyakov Gallery, State Russian Museum, Pushkin Museum, Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts. ... Read More
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