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Title: Antique 1934 Signed Oil Study – Historical Revolutionary Scene (Kiev)
Artist: А. Александров (A. Alexandrov / A. Aleksandrov)
Date/Location: …
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Title: Antique 1934 Signed Oil Study – Historical Revolutionary Scene (Kiev)
Artist: А. Александров (A. Alexandrov / A. Aleksandrov)
Date/Location: Signed and dated "Киев, 1934 г." (Kiev, 1934)
Medium: Oil on heavy artist card stock / board
Format: Noted as an (эскиз) / Oil Study
Description:
Available for purchase is a remarkably powerful, highly dramatic 1934 socialist-realist era oil study (eskiz) by the artist A. Alexandrov, executed in Kiev. This piece serves as a brilliant, raw developmental composition for a larger institutional historical painting, capturing a visceral scene of civic unrest and revolutionary conflict in a snowy European town.
The background features a massive procession carrying historical Russian tricolor flags alongside traditional Orthodox religious banners and icons, which collides in the foreground with a chaotic, high-stakes street clash. The narrative tension is exceptional, featuring beautifully captured character studies, street brawling, and a figure holding a child aloft on a balcony.
The painting is housed in its period-correct vintage wooden frame, offering an immediate, authentic gallery presence with undeniable historical gravity.
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- Dimensions
- 41ʺW × 2ʺD × 30ʺH
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Period
- 1930s
- Country of Origin
- Ukraine
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Canvas
- Condition
- Original Condition Unaltered, Needs Restoration
- Color
- Slate Gray
- Condition Notes
- ease review all high-resolution photos closely, as this 90-year-old piece is being sold with its authentic historical patina and visible … moreease review all high-resolution photos closely, as this 90-year-old piece is being sold with its authentic historical patina and visible condition markers requiring professional attention: Paint Film Stability: There are active condition issues across the paint film. This includes notable areas of cupping, lifting, and curling paint where the film has separated from the support, most prominently seen in the lower foreground details. Paint Loss & Chipping: Multiple scattered spots of complete paint loss are present. These chipped areas expose the underlying light ground layer, visible in the upper-left sky quadrant, the central architecture, and along the right side over the rooftops and wooden fence line (image_21.png). The paint film is fragile in these regions and must be handled with care prior to professional stabilization/consolidation. Support: The heavy card stock/board support remains structurally intact but shows minor edge indentation, corner wear, and tiny surface pits consistent with a pre-war piece. Housed in its period-correct vintage wooden frame. less
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