Oil painting Ancient village Vladimir Orlovsky

Updated September 24, 2026

Lot number50
Estimate63,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD
CategoryFine Art & Prints
AuctionLandscapes with city and village
DateOctober 14, 2026 at 12:24 PM EDT
Auction houseNoFrame Gallery
LocationLondon

?Verne 477 *** ABOUT THIS PAINTING *** * TITLE: "Ancient village" * ARTISTS: Vladimir Orlovsky * SIZE: 40x74 cm/'15.74x29.13 inches' * FRAME SIZE: 54x90 cm/'21.25x35.43 inches' * MEDIUM: oil, cardboard * HAND PAINTED: Original painting from our collection * CONDITION: we tried to convey the maximum information with the help of photos about this product About the artist: Vladimir Donatovich Orlovsky - Born into a noble family of Ukrainian origin, the artist's father was a wealthy Kyiv landowner. He received his initial art education at the Second Kyiv Gymnasium under I. M. Soshenko. He later moved to St. Petersburg and enrolled in the Imperial Academy of Arts in A. P. Bogolyubov's class. While in St. Petersburg, Vladimir Orlovsky became acquainted with the works of many master marine painters. He also became familiar with the works of T. G. Shevchenko. He began painting in oils even before entering the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts in 1861, where he made rapid progress, earning the Academy's Grand Silver Medal in 1863. During his studies, he painted sketches in Crimea, the Kyiv Province, Karelia, the Grand Duchy of Finland, and the Caucasus. 1868 – Graduated from the St. Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts with the title of Class Artist, 1st Class, and received a Grand Gold Medal (1867) for his Crimean views, along with the right to travel abroad at the Academy's expense. For three years (1869–1872), he worked as an "Academy pensioner" in Paris, Switzerland, Germany, and Italy. For his paintings "Before the Squall," "Sunset," "Swamp," "In the Steppe," "Bonfire in the Field," "Sowing," "Forest Felling," and "Sands," which were exhibited at the Academy Exhibition, he was awarded the title of Academician of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts in 1874.[9] In 1878, for his paintings "Haymaking," "Breakwater at Pozzuoli," "Morning on the Shore of the Gulf of Naples," and "On the Sea Before a Storm," he was confirmed as a Professor of Landscape Painting, which granted him the right to teach.[9] Subsequently, he became a member of the Council of the St. Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts. He participated in the activities of N. I. Murashko's Kyiv Drawing School and in the organization of the Kyiv Art School. He taught at the Academy of Arts, particularly under Vladimir Kazantsev, a later renowned Ural landscape artist. For several years afterward, he painted motifs gleaned from Taitsy (in the St. Petersburg province) and Gatchina. Finally, from 1885 to 1890, he painted seascapes, which he had previously dabbled in. Orlovsky's paintings, initially somewhat uninhibited ("The Village of Kokaz in Crimea," 1868, included in the collection of the Academy of Arts), gradually became broader, and his color palette became richer. A skilled draftsman, Orlovsky included well-posed and positioned figures in his paintings. The artist's paintings are extremely diverse both in their setting (from Finland to Crimea) and in their subject matter (a cloudy day, a wi

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