Live Auction 7968Russian Art
Alexander Roubtzoff (1884-1949)
Lot 54

Alexander Roubtzoff (1884-1949)

The garden at Ben-Negro, Bizerte

Closed6 June 2011

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GBP 6,250

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Alexander Roubtzoff (1884-1949)
The garden at Ben-Negro, Bizerte
signed and dated 'A. Roubtzoff. 1918.' (lower left), inscribed 'Ben.Negro. Bizerte.'(lower right); further inscribed and dated 'Bizerte/Ben-Negro./Mai 1918' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
7 x 10 5/8 in. (17.9 x 27.1 cm.)
and two other oils by the same artist: Arbor at Ben Negro and Garden statue at Ben Negro (3)

Specialist note

The renowned Russian Orientalist painter Alexandre Roubtzoff was born in St Petersburg and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1912 he was awarded a four year travel scholarship and reached Tunis in April 1914 where he stayed for the remainder of his life painting views of the Maghreb and its people. His works are held in the collections of State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg and the Musée du Petit Palais, Paris.