June 9 at the Russian Christie's auction in London to be exhibited 199 works, including works by Ivan Aivazovsky, Vasily Shuhaeva, Vasily Polenov, Oleg Vassiliev, Ivan Pohitonova home Faberge

9 June in London Russian auction Christie's, which will put 199 works of Russian art, including work Ivan Aivazovsky , Shuhaeva , Basil Polenov , Oleg Oleg Vasiliev , Ivan Pohitonova home and Faberge. Estimeyty lots ranging from 400 pounds to 450 thousand pounds.

Painting

Cloth Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900) «The Ukrainian harvest», dated 1857 year, was written by the artist during his creative heyday ( estimeyt 350-450 thousand pounds ). On the canvas «Ukrainian harvest» Malorossiya appears before us as a land of immense and endless expanses of wheat fields, extending beyond the horizon. This charms the audience as much as the famous master of landscapes of the sea. Motif with the image of a low horizon and paintings of Ukrainian farms is repeated in later works of the author, for example, pictures «Windmills in the Ukrainian steppe at sunset» (1862, State Russian Museum) and the «train Chumakov» (1862, Feodosia art gallery to them. IK Aivazovsky). For works of this series is characterized by an exact transfer of the local color and careful attention to detail. In contrast to the later songs, the painting «The Ukrainian harvest» noticeably the absence of human figures. Aivazovsky is only indicative of the continued presence of man, shown passing through a wheat field path and vidneyuschiysya distant farm. This gives the scene a sense of silence, interrupted only birds warble, centering over the wheat field. Sky, which plays such an important role in the Ukrainian series Aivazovsky, fills most of the space of the canvas, transmits the power of nature and makes it clear that people only a small part of it. Aivazovsky himself believed that his best works are those in which he was able to capture the light of the sun's rays. Warm, with a golden hue, color «Ukrainian harvest» product fills reverie and gives spiritual mood.

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At the auction will also be exhibited marina Aivazovsky called «survivor» 1892 ( 250-350 thousand pounds ). This picture was written under the impression of a transatlantic journey to America, undertaken Ayvazovsky in 1892. The image of man, helpless before the engrossing power of nature is central in the artist's works. The composition of paintings includes raging waves, steep cliffs and storm sky. All these elements have turned against a single person to have experienced shipwreck. Concentrated light and dark tones produce almost theatrical effect, urging the audience to understand the dramatic situation.

Cloth «Finnish village. Roofs »is rightfully considered one of the most interesting works, created by Vasily Shuhaevym (1887-1973) during his stay in Finland ( 300-500 thousand pounds ). In 1920 Shuhaev leaves covered the civil war Soviet Russia and settled in the Finnish border village Mustamyaki, where we look forward to obtaining a French visa, opening the way for him to the capital of Culture and Art - Paris. A series of works performed Shuhaevym in Finland, was formed under the influence of emotional distress have left their homeland artist that interesting effect on his painting style. Strict ohryanaya colors, angular shape of objects, prickly forms bare trees, pulling the branches to the pale gray sky, and the sharp roof izb form the basis of composition, color solutions paintings «Finnish village. Roofs ». The work was shown an artist soon after his arrival in Paris at the legendary exhibition of Russian art in the gallery of La Boesi and later - at the joint with Alexander Yakovlev exhibition at the gallery Barbazanzh.

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In September 1876 Vasil Polenov under the general went to the theater Chernyaeva Russian-Turkish war. One of his impressions of hostilities Polenov depicted in the «Girl on patrol. Herzegovina ». In 1887, one year after establishment, the work was estimated at 600 rubles. To date, it estimeyt is 70-90 thousand pounds.

In 1893, Ivan Pohitonov (1850-1923) lived mostly in the suburbs of Liège (Belgium), where he moved from Paris to her sister, Anastasia and her family. At this time Pohitonov met with the family of Belgian engineer Auguste Kollona, who spent several years in Baku, by the development of projects related to the oil industry. Three of the Pohitonova displayed at the June auction, - «Cows on submerged meadow» ( 12-15 thousand pounds ), «Snow landscape» ( 10-15 thousand pounds ) and «bowl» ( 25-35 thousand pounds ) - signed by the artist and accompanied by one or another dedicated member of the family Kollon, owned by the heirs of which they were until today.

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Marevna (Maria Bronislavovna Vorobieva-Stebelskaya) (1892-1984) is recognized by many experts as one of the first women artists who worked in the style of Cubism. The daughter of a Polish nobleman, in 1910 she was admitted to the Stroganov School, and in 1912 moved to Paris, where Georges closer to marriage, Mark Chagall , Henri Matisse, Fernand Léger, Amedeo Modigliani and Pablo Picasso. «Still life with geraniums» ( 30-40 thousand pounds ), dating from the year 1917, this relatively early work of the artist, which already has a bold compositional approach. The work has also influenced the Mexican artist Diego Rivera, with whom Marevny at the time was novel.

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Two works by Oleg Vassiliev (b. 1931) - «Bereznyak on the outskirts of Moscow» ( 60-90 thousand pounds ) and «After the Rain» ( 40-60 thousands of pounds ) - belong to a series of nostalgic landscape paintings by an artist in 1993. In both works noticeably influence Russian landscape school of XVIII century, in particular painting and Kuindzhi . Issued with an almost photographic accuracy of landscapes covered with soft but pervasive light that is the result of the impact on spatial creativity Vasil'eva his philosophy teacher Vladimir Vladimir Favorsky . In both cases, light is used as a way to expand the canvas of space and encourages the viewer to think about what lies beyond it.

Applied art

This section in the Christie's auction will be exhibited items of china and silver, Faberge works, items of military munitions and other works of Russian decorative art.

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elephant figurine of one piece with a brilliant jade eyes work of Faberge in 1900 (the height of about 12 centimeters), Christie's experts estimated at 40-60 thousand pounds. One of the most famous collectors of animal figurines of the Faberge was Empress Maria Feodorovna, in the collection of which were more than 100 copies.

Among the top section to look at lots of collectors will also be presented with the album cover of gilded silver with enamel giloshe, peregorodchatoy and vyemchatoy enamel dating from the year 1875, with the hallmark of Paul's studio Ovchinnikova (100-150 thousand pounds) .

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