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Signed ‘C. Korovine’ (lower left).
Sizes:
Artwork: 65 × 56 cm | 25.6 × 22 in
Red roses and a single white one crowd a glass vase on a table by an open window; beyond, the blue night of Paris glitters with lamps and reflections. Konstantin Korovin returned again and again to this motif in his Paris years — flowers against the nocturnal city — and it became the signature subject of his late, exuberant manner.
The canvas is painted at speed and with evident joy: the roses laid in with loaded, wet brushstrokes, the cloth and fruit in broad slabs of pink and ochre, the window frame and the night sketched in cool greys and ultramarine. Everything is about light — the way the flowers hold it against the dark, the way the city dissolves into it. Korovin, the great Russian Impressionist and stage designer, had settled in Paris in 1923, and signed his French-period works, as here, in Latin script: ‘C. Korovine’.
The painting comes from a French private collection and is offered unframed on its original stretcher.
Private collection France. Acquired from the above by the current owner.
Oil on canvas on its original stretcher, unframed. The vigorous impasto is intact and the paint layer stable; minor losses and old nail heads along the tacking margins; a light surface grime that would respond to cleaning. Please contact us to request a detailed Condition Report.
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Konstantin Korovin, a leading figure of Russian Impressionism, captured the poetry of modern life through vibrant brushwork and atmospheric cityscapes. Born in Moscow in 1861, Korovin studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, where he was influenced by the Russian realist tradition and the emerging currents of European Impressionism. A lifelong traveler and cosmopolitan, he developed a unique style that blended Russian lyricism with the light and spontaneity of French painting.
Drawn to the charm of urban nightlife and theatrical settings, Korovin spent extensive periods in Paris, where he painted bustling boulevards, cafés, and nocturnes with bold strokes and luminous palettes. His works pulse with energy—capturing fleeting moments, shimmering lights, and the romantic melancholy of twilight. Beyond painting, he also made significant contributions to stage design for the Mariinsky and Bolshoi Theatres, bringing a painter’s sensitivity to the world of opera and ballet. Today, Korovin is remembered as a visionary who bridged Russian and Western artistic traditions, infusing Impressionism with emotional depth and Slavic soul.
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