ARTIST: Constantin Westchiloff (Maine, Florida, France, Russia, 1877 - 1945)
NAME: Little Beach in Ogunquit, Maine
MEDIUM: oil on board
YEAR: circa 1930
CONDITION: Upper left corner is damaged. Lower right corner probably was reattached. Few cracks. Very minor inpaint under UV light. (See pictures carefully).
SIGHT SIZE: 12 x 16 inches / 30 x 40 cm
FRAME SIZE: 17 x 21 inches / 42 x 52 cm
SIGNED: Lower right
NOTE: Please see the next auction sales (photos can be provided upon request). Artist used the same artistic boards which have some specific markings:
Shapiro Auctions New York - 11/16/2013 - Lot 218
Elite Decorative Arts - 02/25/2012 - Lot 169
DuMouchelles Auction House - 09/16/2011 - Lot 2129
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CATEGORY: antique vintage painting
SKU#: 113663
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Constantin Westchiloff (Maine, Florida, France, Russia, 1877 - 1945)
Constantin Alexandrovitch Westchiloff (1877-1945) is an American-Russian artist. He was born in Russia in 1877, and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg; as an artist he traveled extensively in Europe and in the USA. He finally settled in New England, where he died in 1945.
He is probably best-known for sea-scapes (particularly of the New England coastline), but was also well regarded for his landscapes, portraits and figures, and genre subjects.
His work, especially after his travels in Europe and then in America, is closest to Impressionist in style. His favored medium was oil, which was well suited to his confident and strong technique. This in turn imbued his paintings of the rugged landscapes and sea-scapes of New England with the drama typical of this area.
Constantin Westchiloff was a student of Ilya Repin at the Royal Academy in St. Petersburg in 1898, and in 1919, he exhibited af theFirst Free State Exhibition in Petrograd. He was also active in theatre design at the Petrograd Technical Institute.