Wednesday 19 July 2023
Aleksei Stepanovich Stepanov, Russian 1858-1923- Early spring; oil on canvas, signed in...
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Aleksei Stepanovich Stepanov,
Russian 1858-1923-
Early spring;
oil on canvas, signed in Cyrillic (lower right), 61.6 x 81.4 cm.
Provenance:
Private Collection, UK.
Note:
The present work is demonstrative of Stepanov's distinctive style. He was a member of the Peredvizhniki group, or 'Itinerants', who rejected the strict rules of academic art and its division between 'high' and 'low' art, and instead embraced a greater realism, choosing to depict the landscapes of rural Russia and the everyday activities of its inhabitants. This striking work by Stepanov exhibits this approach in its unusual composition, with the artist having cropped the trees, and opted for a downward focus towards their trunks and the ground below. This directly challenges the more expansive vistas which conventionally form landscape paintings, which were themselves already seen as a 'lower' genre of art than, for example, history painting.
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