RUSSIAN POLISH OIL PAINTING BY ALEXANDER ORLOVSKY

RUSSIAN POLISH OIL PAINTING BY ALEXANDER ORLOVSKY

Alexander Osipovich Orlovsky (1777 - 1832), oil on metal plate painting Follower Wild Carriage Ride. Housed in an old richly decorated giltwood and gesso frame. Alexander Orlovsky was a Russian painter, draughtsman, and printmaker of Polish birth. He trained at the Warsaw studio of Jan Piotr Norblin de la Gourdaine and received support from Princess Isabella Czartoryska. He also studied under the Polish court painter Marcello Bacciarelli, the engraver Bartolomeo Follin and the Polish miniaturist Wincenty Fryderyck Lesseur (1745-1813). Until the turn of the century, Orlovsky's career was marked by alternating periods of concentrated work and of travel abroad, often as a soldier or entertainer. Few works from this period survive. Orlovsky's early paintings were timid and imitative; his drawings, however, are assured, elegant and amusing, suggesting the influence of Norblin's combination of realism and imagination. From Norblin he also learned a free treatment of the subject and a concern with artistic expression. Provenance: Dorotheum, Vienna, 19th Century Paintings and Watercolours, September 13th, 2017, lot 91. One of a kind artworks. Antique Russian Fine Art For Collectors.

Dimensions: Frame 14 3/4 x 18 1/4 in., Image 11 x 14 in.