By Adolf Constantin Baumgartner-Stoiloff
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Adolf Constantin Baumgartner-Stoiloff
Austrian (1850-1924)
The Escort
Oil on canvas, signed & inscribed in pencil on stretcher
Image size: 26.25 inches x 40.5 inches
Size including frame: 32.25 inches x 46.5 inches
Provenance: Omell Galleries, 43a Duke Street, London
A dynamic scene featuring Cossacks on horseback by Adolf Constantin Baumgartner-Stoiloff. The colourful apparel of the horsemen offers a striking contrast against the snow filled landscape.
Adolf Constantin Baumgartner-Stoiloff was born Adolf Baumgartner in Linz, Austria on 10 March, 1850. Little is known about his early life although some sources suggest he was of Bulgarian extraction. He visited Russia during the 1880’s where he studied at the St Petersberg Academy of Fine Arts.
He spent time travelling around Russia and Ukraine and began specialising in winter scenes featuring Cossacks on horseback. Many of his paintings depict Cossack military convoys moving at speed across a frozen landscape, as in these fine examples. He also produced animated scenes of horse sleighs...
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19th Century Victorian Adolf Constantin Baumgartner-Stoiloff Art