Alexei S. Stepanov Figure Oil Painting, Early 20th Century

Item Details

Alexei Stepanovitch Stepanov (Russian, 1858 – 1923)
Untitled (male and female figures at well), early 20th century
Oil painting on canvas mounted on board
Signed to the lower left

Alexei Stepanov, known for his paintings of folk scenes and animal landscapes, was born in Moscow and grew up in a branch of the Moscow Orphanage having lost both of his parents at a young age. He studied to become a surveyor but attended classes taught by noted Russian artists Illarion Pryanischnikow, Vasily Polenov, and Yewgraf Sorokin at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. He began submitting illustrations for the magazine Природа и Охота (Nature and Hunting) and exhibited with the Peredvizhniki. The group, often called the ‘The Wanderers’ in English, were realists known for their depictions of the Russian landscape and its people and for their traveling exhibitions. Stepanov and a group of other artists broke from the Peredvizhniki to found the ‘Union of Russian Artists’. He became a professor at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture and taught at the Moscow Academy. His work can be found in many private and public collections including the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Sevastopol Art Museum, the Herimitage, and the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus.

Condition

- canvas mounted to board backing; minor craquelure throughout; scattered inpainting notably to the sky; painting examined under black light; marks, accretions, discoloration, and nicks throughout frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame; sight measures 7.75" W x 11.5" H.

Item #

ITMG516219