Lev Felixovich LAGORIO Attributed, PEJZZYŻ Z WILLA

Oil, canvas pasted on cardboard (sketchbook cover); 23.5 x 32.5 cm
Signed l.d.: Лагорio
State of preservation: shot through the middle
Asking price 22500
Estimate 30000 - 40000

Lev Felixovich LAGORIO
1827 Theodosia - 1905 St. Petersburg
One of the most famous Russian mariners. The son of a vice-consul of the Kingdom of Both Sicily from an aristocratic Genoese family. In 1839-1840 he studied in the studio of Aivazovsky. In 1842 he entered the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, where he was a student of A. Sauerweid, M. Vorobiov and B. Willewalde. From 1846 to 1846 he traveled around the Baltic Sea. In 1850 he received his first gold medal. 1851 he spent in the Caucasus, which he later visited many times. The next eight years he traveled in Europe, where he spent most of his time in Paris and Rome. Upon his return to Russia in 1860, he received the title of professor of painting. In 1885, he received an imperial commission for scenes from the Russo-Turkish War. In 1900, he was made an honorary member of the Academy of Fine Arts.