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Вrightcolour painting with Russain Troika was executed in the sec.half of 19th century by famous German-Russian horse, portrait and historical painter Carl Suhrland (1828 Ludwigslust - 1919 Kochel am See). in Russian: Карл Рудольфович Сурланд/Зурданд.
Carl Suhrlandt came from a family of painters in Mecklenburg and was the son of the court painter Rudolph Suhrlandt and his wife , the lithographer Wilhelmine Suhrlandt ( 1803-1863 ) . The violinist and painter Pauline Soltau (1833-1902) was his sister .
He received his first drawing lessons with his father and studied sculpture at Christian Daniel Rauch in Berlin . In 1851 he went to Paris to study painting under Ary Scheffer . 1859-1860 he was in Copenhagen and 1861 in St. Petersburg , where he became a member of the Imperial Academy of Arts and range of Academician of battle painting for his works: " Horse on pasture", " Dog waiting" and " Arabian Horses". In 1868, the artist requested for Russian citizenship and the title of professor , but was refused because lived in Russia less than five years. (source: " List of Russian painters.To 250-year anniversary of St.Petersburg Art Academy" (in Russian), by S. N.Kondakov, Moscow, 2002).
Then he moved to Schwerin , where in 1874 he was appointed by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II to Professor . In 1898 he lived in Munich . Except portraits and historical and battle works, he recieved acknowledge for his horse painting, also in England, where he lived and worked multiply. Biography in Russian (from artinvestment.ru):
Зурланд, Карл Рудольфович
Псевдонимы и варианты написания: Зурландт Сурланд Карл-Рудольф
1828-1919
ЗУРЛАНД Карл Рудольфович (Surlandt Karl)
1828 (Мекленбург-Шверин) — 1919 (Петроград (?))
Живописец, график
Биографические сведения немногочисленны. Шведский подданный; учился во Франции у П. Делароша. Работал Германии и Дании (Копенгагене), с середины 1860-х — в Петербурге, в 1875, по-видимому, покинул Россию.
Работал в области батальной и анималистической живописи; выполнял заказы императорского двора. С 1861 (по 1875, с перерывами) участвовал в выставках в залах ИАХ в Петербурге. В том же году был удостоен звания академика, а также избран почетным вольным общником ИАХ. В 1868 подал в Совет ИАХ ходатайство о присуждении звания профессора исторической живописи, но получил отказ.
Произведения находятся в ряде музейных собраний, в частности в Музее коневодства при Российском Государственном Аграрном университете им. К. А. Тимирязева.
Literature: In Russian: S.N.Kondakov"List of Russian painters. To 250-year anniversary of Fine Art Academy in St.Petersburg"; in internet: artinvestment.ru; in German: Thieme/Becker "Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künsler..", Leipzig, 1999; Saur "General artist lexicon (AKL)"
Inscription: signed lower left, on the back of the panel - two old labels with the artist's biography and illeg.inscription with artist's name and title.
Technique: Oil on wood.Magnificent antique gold-plated wood frame.
Measurements: unframed w 18 7/8" x h 23 1/4"(48 x 59 cm); framed w 27" x h 31 1/2" (68,5 x 80 cm).
Condition: in very good condition.
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