Winter Forest Landscape early 20th century Oil Study by Russian Master Borisov ^Sale

Signed lower right “A. Borisov” in Cyrillic for renowned Russian painter Aleksandr Borisov (1866 - 1934), specialized in painting poetic scenes of the Russian Far North. Charming winter landscape of a frozen forest lake. In the foreground there is a small bridge across a river, over which two birds are circling, disturbing the calm and serenity of this scene. The farewell rays of the sunset paint the sky in contrasting colors and the trees with bare and snow-covered branches slowly begin to plunge into twilight, creating a feeling of depth and mystery. The artist conveys frosty air through a wide variety of different shades. The painting is made with large and confident brushstrokes, Borisov's skill as a professional artist is beyond doubt and is visible in every detail of this painting. Antique oil painting on wooden (artistic) board, signed, framed.
Size app.: 38 x 46 cm cm (roughly 13.8 x 18.1 in), frame is 49.7 x 57.7 cm (roughly 19.6 x 22.7 in). Very good ready to hang condition with age wear, showing wear to frame mostly. Please study good resolution images for 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. 2.2 kg is going to measure 4 kg packed for shipment.
Borisov began his career as an icon-painter in the workshops of the Solovetskii Monastery, and later entered the Drawing School of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts in St. Petersburg and studied under Arkhip Kuindzhi and Ivan Shishkin. During his travel to areas of the North and Far East, he was struck by the pristine beauty of the boundless tundra and the majesty of the Arctic Ocean and became known as the 'painter of the Far North.' In 1899, Pavel Tretiakov acquired sixty-five of the artist's paintings and studies for his art gallery, the future State Tretiakov Gallery in Moscow. In 1898-1900 Borisov painted a series of landscapes and genre scenes featuring the places and life of the Samoyed people (Samoyeds in Tundra During the Spring, 1898; Samoyed Camp on the Banks of Yugorskii Sharp, 1898; Samoyeds Fishing, 1900-1901, all paintings from the collection of Arkhangel'sk Museum of Fine Art, Russia).