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Aleksei Vasil'evich Hanzen, Russian 1876-1937- View of the Dalmatian Coast, Dubrovnik; oil on canvas, signed in Latin 'A Hanzen' (lower left), 30 x 40.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: Hanzen was the grandson of the artist Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900). He studied at the Academy of Arts in Berlin and at the Dresden Academy of Fine Art, and then travelled to Paris, training with Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1911) and Tony Robert-Fleury (1837-1911), and exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français and the Salon des Champs-Élysées. In January 1920, Hanzen and his wife left Russia and travelled to Croatia. Hanzen had his first solo exhibition in Zagreb in November 1920 and lived in Dubrovnik for the remainder of his life. The present work is particularly evocative, with the bright blues and pinks conveying the highly saturated quality of the Dalmatian coast in bright sunlight. A very similar work by Hanzen appeared at Christie's, London, 28 May 2012, lot 64.
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Aleksei Vasil'evich Hanzen, Russian 1876-1937- View of the Dalmatian Coast, Dubrovnik; oil on canvas, signed in Latin 'A Hanzen' (lower left), 30 x 40.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: Hanzen was the grandson of the artist Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900). He studied at the Academy of Arts in Berlin and at the Dresden Academy of Fine Art, and then travelled to Paris, training with Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1911) and Tony Robert-Fleury (1837-1911), and exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français and the Salon des Champs-Élysées. In January 1920, Hanzen and his wife left Russia and travelled to Croatia. Hanzen had his first solo exhibition in Zagreb in November 1920 and lived in Dubrovnik for the remainder of his life. The present work is particularly evocative, with the bright blues and pinks conveying the highly saturated quality of the Dalmatian coast in bright sunlight. A very similar work by Hanzen appeared at Christie's, London, 28 May 2012, lot 64.
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