Terracotta figure Paul Troubetzkoy. Sailor with accordion
Paul Troubetzkoi (1866-1938)
Attributed. Same sculpture auctionned at Ripley Auction indianapolis, USA in november 2006 for 7500usd hammer price.
The sculpture at Ripley was signed under the base.
Circa 1930 large terracotta of a sailor playing accordion.
Excellent condition. No chips no cracks.
43cm high 21.5cm 16cm
Prince Paul Troubetzkoy.
(1866-1938)
Prince Paolo Petrovich Troubetzkoy was an Italian sculptor of Russian origin who was described by George Bernard Shaw as "the most astonishing sculptor of modern times".
ife
He was the son of Russian diplomat, Prince Peter Petrovich Troubetzkoy (1822–1892) and his second wife, lyric singer Ada Winans (1831–1917). His paternal grandmother was Princess Emilie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (1801–1869), which makes him great-grandson of famous Marshal Prince Peter zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg. He worked in Italy, Russia, the United States, England and France. He was a self-taught artist, although he learned painture from Daniele Ranzoni during his childhood and sculpture from Giuseppe Grandi. He is associated with impressionism, due to his ability to grasp sketchy movements in his bronze works. He was heavily influenced by the work of Auguste Rodin and Medardo Rosso.[3] He depicted the society of the Belle Époque. Few of his bronzes are still available in the market. Quite famous is the 35 cm high portrait of Constance Stewart-Richardson called The Dancer. His work was also part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
The largest and best known of his works is the monumental equestrian statue of the Russian Tsar Alexander III in St. Petersburg, Russia. The monument was opened in 1909 on the Nevsky Prospekt near the Moskovsky Vokzal terminal. After the Russian revolution of 1917, the Soviet government removed the monument from the main street to the rear of the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, in 1994, the monument to Alexander was placed in front of the Marble Palace near the embankment of the Neva river, at the former site of the armoured car that transported Lenin from Finland Station.
After his death, all the plaster works preserved in his ateliers in Neuilly-sur-Seine and Verbania Pallanza were donated by his heirs to Museo del Paesaggio in Verbania Pallanza. Currently the Museum preserves more than 300 of Troubetzkoy's sculptures.
Attributed. Same sculpture auctionned at Ripley Auction indianapolis, USA in november 2006 for 7500usd hammer price.
The sculpture at Ripley was signed under the base.
Circa 1930 large terracotta of a sailor playing accordion.
Excellent condition. No chips no cracks.
43cm high 21.5cm 16cm
Prince Paul Troubetzkoy.
(1866-1938)
Prince Paolo Petrovich Troubetzkoy was an Italian sculptor of Russian origin who was described by George Bernard Shaw as "the most astonishing sculptor of modern times".
ife
He was the son of Russian diplomat, Prince Peter Petrovich Troubetzkoy (1822–1892) and his second wife, lyric singer Ada Winans (1831–1917). His paternal grandmother was Princess Emilie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (1801–1869), which makes him great-grandson of famous Marshal Prince Peter zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg. He worked in Italy, Russia, the United States, England and France. He was a self-taught artist, although he learned painture from Daniele Ranzoni during his childhood and sculpture from Giuseppe Grandi. He is associated with impressionism, due to his ability to grasp sketchy movements in his bronze works. He was heavily influenced by the work of Auguste Rodin and Medardo Rosso.[3] He depicted the society of the Belle Époque. Few of his bronzes are still available in the market. Quite famous is the 35 cm high portrait of Constance Stewart-Richardson called The Dancer. His work was also part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
The largest and best known of his works is the monumental equestrian statue of the Russian Tsar Alexander III in St. Petersburg, Russia. The monument was opened in 1909 on the Nevsky Prospekt near the Moskovsky Vokzal terminal. After the Russian revolution of 1917, the Soviet government removed the monument from the main street to the rear of the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, in 1994, the monument to Alexander was placed in front of the Marble Palace near the embankment of the Neva river, at the former site of the armoured car that transported Lenin from Finland Station.
After his death, all the plaster works preserved in his ateliers in Neuilly-sur-Seine and Verbania Pallanza were donated by his heirs to Museo del Paesaggio in Verbania Pallanza. Currently the Museum preserves more than 300 of Troubetzkoy's sculptures.
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