173. IN THE PARK. ANNA OSTROUMOVA-LEBEDEVA (1871 - 1955) RUSSIA, CIRCA 1900

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live_auctionAUCTION OF RUSSIAN AND EUROPEAN ART No. 15 · Part I
Auction begins: 02 May 2026 12:00
Estimate: 200-200 EUR
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IN THE PARK. ANNA OSTROUMOVA-LEBEDEVA (1871 - 1955) RUSSIA, CIRCA 1900

The lyrical landscape In the Park, executed by Anna Petrovna Ostroumova-Lebedeva circa 1900, belongs to the early period of her independent artistic development, when the artist signed her works as “A. Ostroumova”. This intimate watercolor reveals the master’s refined sense of spatial construction and the rhythmic organization of natural forms.

The composition unfolds through a sequence of horizontal planes: the calm surface of a pond in the foreground, gently modelled lawns and a group of dark fir trees at the centre, beyond which emerges the golden-ochre foliage of an autumn park. The sky is rendered with broad transparent washes of blue and greyish tones, creating a sensation of humid air and atmospheric depth. The palette demonstrates a subtle harmony of greens, ochres and blues characteristic of the St Petersburg graphic school of the early 20th century.

The work reflects the influence of European Art Nouveau and the pictorial explorations of the fin de siècle, as well as the artist’s academic training under Vasily Maté, Ilya Repin and Pavel Chistyakov. The transparency of the watercolor layers also suggests the indirect impact of James McNeill Whistler’s tonal aesthetics and musicality of colour.

Dimensions: 23 x 15.5 cm
Material: Watercolour on paper
Signature: Lower right, “A. Ostroumova”
Condition: Good preservation, no visible paint losses
Provenance: Private collection

Condition: Good
Material: Wash and watercolor on paper
Product sizes: Height - 50cm, Width - 28cm, Depth - 2cm
Location: Gallery "Antiqon", Brivibas street 52, Riga, Latvia
Style: Modern
Country: Russia
Period: At the turn of 19th -20th century
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