Russian Swedish portrait Girl in red shawl Mid 20th century Oil painting Signed ^Sale

Russian - Swedish painter - Alexander Tolstoy (1895 - 1969), graphic artist, illustrator, was master of still life and a female portrait. A beautifully painted portrait of a young girl. The state of slight fatigue, but a very kind nature of the character, is perfectly conveyed. Tired, flawless beauty...
Size app.: 48 x 40 cm (roughly 19 x 15,7 inches) and frame 77,5 x 68,2 cm (roughly 30.51 x 26.85 in). Very Good. Minimal wear. Please study good resolution images for overall cosmetic condition. In person actual painting may appear darker or brighter than in our pictures, strictly depending on sufficient light in your environment. Weight of app. 4 kg is going to measure some 7 kg packed for shipment.
Count Tolstoy Alexander: In 1913 he graduated from the Nicholas Cadet Corps in St. Petersburg, in 1914 moved to the 2nd course of the economic department of the Petrograd Polytechnic Institute named after Emperor Peter I. In 1919 he came to Finland, where he enrolled in the Northwest Army of generals Rodzianko and Yudenich. After the injury, he was evacuated to Warsaw to the Swiss resort of the Red Cross. In Prague, in 1922 he was appointed to the faculty of architecture of the Czechoslovak Higher Technical School, where he studied for one semester, then transferred to the School of Industrial Art, where he graduated in 1927. In the same year, he entered the Prague Academy of Fine Arts, in the class of prof. F. Thiele; in 1930 he received a diploma. During his studies at the Academy for a while, he lived with prof. VV Kosinski. Founding member of the Union of Russian Artists in Czechoslovakia participated in its exhibitions. Worked mostly in Sweden, Dalarna. Represented in Museum of Print Art (Litografiska museet).