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Cider House Galleries Ltd
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Dimensions
15.50inch wide
18.00inch high
(39.37 cm wide 45.72 cm high)
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Framed Dimensions
24.00inch framed width
27.00inch framed height
(60.96 cm framed width 68.58 cm framed height)
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Literature:
B64701
MOON OVER THE LAND & SEA
IVAN FEDOROVITCH CHOULTSE
1877 -1932 Signed lower right
Oil on canvas 46 x 38 cm
Framed size 69 x 60 cm
Ivan F. Choultse’s ability to capture the light of the sun or the moon as it baths the land and sea is what separated Choultse from many of his contemporaries. Choultse’s manipulation of light gives his work a bizarre and fantastical mood, which few artists can achieve so naturally and skilfully.
Born in Petrograd St Petersburg in 1877; he received his first formal art training from Czar Nicholas II’s celebrated court miniaturist Krijitski.
Choultse’s artistic popularity dates from his first exhibition at the Academie des Beaux- Arts, Petrograd, in 1903. Following this noteworthy debut, he not only became an honoured exhibitor at all the major galleries in Moscow and Petrograd, but was also elected court painter to Czar Nicholas II.
With this newly earned success, he was encouraged to travel abroad to explore a varied array of landscapes. Travelling throughout Europe, Asia, North Africa and the Artic regions he was able to devote a considerable amount to time to the study of nature and the characterization of her light.
After the Russian Revolution of 1917 Choultse, because of this ties to the Czar, felt obliged to leave Russia and soon established residency in Paris… where he began to exhibit and would receive a number of awards and honours.
In 1923 he displayed his first work at the Salon des Artistes France where he not only attracted great attention but was ranked among the most prominent Salon artists.
Demand for his work was increasing and his first one-man show in Paris, held at the Galleries of Gerald Freres, sold out on the opening day. Similar success was seen at his first one-man show in London, where all his works sold in the first few days.
Several exhibitions were arranged in New York. In 1928 the Edouard Jonas Gallery held a solo exhibition and described the artists landscapes as:
“… the most perfect expression of nature seen form an open window in which light is depicted with a strength and reality never before equalled… and that which fascinates above all is the freshness and harmonious strength of his colouring.”
John Levy Gallery held an exhibition of his work in 1931 and describe his snow scenes:
“…. brilliant and beautiful as that aspect of nature herself.”
New York’s Hammer Galleries held a Jubilee exhibition of 150 years of Russian Painting in 1935 and described Choultse’s reputation as:
“…. beloved among American collectors as a great master of snowy landscapes gilded by slanted sunbeams.”
Throughout his life Choultse was appreciated universally as a brilliant and analytical portrayer of nature. A London Times article summarized his aesthetic achievements perfectly when they stated: “It must be seen to be believed.”
Aside from the snowy winter landscapes, Choultse also painted a small number of highly atmospheric moonlight scenes.
These are mostly set on the Cote d’ Azar although some may be inspired by his earlier visits to the Black Sea Coast before leaving Russia.
Choultse was never allowed to return to Russia and died in Paris in 1932.
Today his work is collected by an international group of admires although there is an increasing number of collectors in Russia.
Bibl: Benezit
Theimer Becker
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