Vintage Russian Erotic Painting after Konstantin Somov Gay Nude Dog Art Deco Oil reclining homoerotic
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Vintage Russian Erotic Painting after Konstantin Somov Gay Nude Dog Art Deco Oil reclining homoerotic
Sale Price:A$1,200.00 Original Price:A$1,450.00
Russian Male Nude Painting Study
after Konstantin Somov
Title: 'Reclining Male Nude with Dog' 1938
Artist: after Konstantin Somov (1869-1939)
Medium: Oil on canvas, on board.
Measurements: 41 x 51 cm (16" x 20") Framed 55 x 65 cm (22" x 26" approx)
Inscription: 'K. Somov 1938' written bottom left.
Description: This late work depicts a nude young man reclining on a bed in front of a cosy glowing coal fire with a small dog at his feet. Appears to be painted after prominent Russian artist Konstantin Somov. The beauty of the male figure and wholesome gentle erotic mood of this work is quite wonderful. I believe this to be a later twentieth-century version (or copy) the proportions are different, this version is taller. (see Christies: SALE 7537 'The Somov Collection' London 28 November 2007, Lot 233. Realised: GBP 84,500. See Christie's website.)
Condition: Excellent. The surface of the painting has been cleaned and revarnished.
Frame: Stunning French gilt frame (composite, moulded gesso on wood) late 19th-century leaf design. Outside total 50 x 41.5 cm.
Excellent condition, with the usual fine shrinkage cracking, only small areas of chipping and loss, looks like it's been repainted at some point (not the original gold) Please note that the painting can be shipped at less expense without the very heavy frame if desired.
Biography:
Konstantin Andreyevich Somov (Russian: Константин Андреевич Сомов, November 30, 1869 – May 6, 1939) was a Russian artist associated with the Mir iskusstva. Born into a family of a major art historian and Hermitage Museum curator Andrey Ivanovich Somov, he became interested in 18th-century art and music at an early age. Somov studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts under Ilya Repin from 1888 to 1897. While at the Academy, he befriended Alexandre Benois, who would introduce him to Sergei Diaghilev and Léon Bakst. When the three founded the World of Art, Somov liberally contributed to its periodicals. Somov was homosexual, like many of the World of Art members.
Inspired by Watteau and Fragonard, he preferred to work with watercolours and gouache. For three years he worked upon his masterpiece, Lady in Blue, painted in the manner of 18th-century portraitists. During the 1910s, Somov executed a number of rococo harlequin scenes and illustrations to the poems by Alexander Blok. Many of his works were exhibited abroad, especially in Germany, where the first monograph on him was published in 1909.
Following the Russian Revolution, he emigrated to the United States, but found the country "absolutely alien to his art" and moved to Paris. He was buried at the Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Cemetery. On June 14, 2007, Somov's landscape "The Rainbow" (1927) was sold at Christie's for US$7.33 million, a record for a work at an auction of Russian art. –Wikipedia
after Konstantin Somov
Title: 'Reclining Male Nude with Dog' 1938
Artist: after Konstantin Somov (1869-1939)
Medium: Oil on canvas, on board.
Measurements: 41 x 51 cm (16" x 20") Framed 55 x 65 cm (22" x 26" approx)
Inscription: 'K. Somov 1938' written bottom left.
Description: This late work depicts a nude young man reclining on a bed in front of a cosy glowing coal fire with a small dog at his feet. Appears to be painted after prominent Russian artist Konstantin Somov. The beauty of the male figure and wholesome gentle erotic mood of this work is quite wonderful. I believe this to be a later twentieth-century version (or copy) the proportions are different, this version is taller. (see Christies: SALE 7537 'The Somov Collection' London 28 November 2007, Lot 233. Realised: GBP 84,500. See Christie's website.)
Condition: Excellent. The surface of the painting has been cleaned and revarnished.
Frame: Stunning French gilt frame (composite, moulded gesso on wood) late 19th-century leaf design. Outside total 50 x 41.5 cm.
Excellent condition, with the usual fine shrinkage cracking, only small areas of chipping and loss, looks like it's been repainted at some point (not the original gold) Please note that the painting can be shipped at less expense without the very heavy frame if desired.
Biography:
Konstantin Andreyevich Somov (Russian: Константин Андреевич Сомов, November 30, 1869 – May 6, 1939) was a Russian artist associated with the Mir iskusstva. Born into a family of a major art historian and Hermitage Museum curator Andrey Ivanovich Somov, he became interested in 18th-century art and music at an early age. Somov studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts under Ilya Repin from 1888 to 1897. While at the Academy, he befriended Alexandre Benois, who would introduce him to Sergei Diaghilev and Léon Bakst. When the three founded the World of Art, Somov liberally contributed to its periodicals. Somov was homosexual, like many of the World of Art members.
Inspired by Watteau and Fragonard, he preferred to work with watercolours and gouache. For three years he worked upon his masterpiece, Lady in Blue, painted in the manner of 18th-century portraitists. During the 1910s, Somov executed a number of rococo harlequin scenes and illustrations to the poems by Alexander Blok. Many of his works were exhibited abroad, especially in Germany, where the first monograph on him was published in 1909.
Following the Russian Revolution, he emigrated to the United States, but found the country "absolutely alien to his art" and moved to Paris. He was buried at the Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Cemetery. On June 14, 2007, Somov's landscape "The Rainbow" (1927) was sold at Christie's for US$7.33 million, a record for a work at an auction of Russian art. –Wikipedia