Cityscape summer Venice scene w women at fountain early 20C antique watercolor ^Sale

City landscape, small and cozy Venetian streets. The painting depicts a small town square with a fountain that quenches the thirst of the inhabitants of Venice on a hot summer day. Live stage, bright colors and excellent work of the artist. Signed lower left for well listed Russian immigrant artist and scientist. Alexander Nikolaevich Volkov-Muromtsev - russian scientist in the field of chemistry and agronomy, watercolor artist (signed as AN Roussoff), art critic. Presented at the Tretyakov Gallery.

Mat opening size app. 27 x 41 cm (roughly 10,6 x 16 in) and frame is 40,4 x 53,8 cm (roughly 15,9 x 21,2 in). Very Good condition, minimal wear. Please study high-res pictures 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. 0,3 kg (without glass!) is going to measure some 2 kg volume weight packed for shipment.

Alexander Nikolaevich Volkov-Muromtsev (January 23, 1844 - May 21, 1928). After graduating from high school, he entered the mathematical department of the University of Dorpat , which also included the departments of chemistry, botany, agriculture and technology, as well as others. He was engaged in chemistry, physics and botany, received a diploma in agronomy and continued his studies at the University of Heidelberg, where he defended his doctoral dissertation on the effect of light on chlorophyll. He painted watercolor landscapes, interiors of temples and palaces, portraits and genre scenes in an academic salon manner. Most of the works are kept in private collections. He signed his paintings with the pseudonym Roussoff, participated in many exhibitions in different countries. Among the Russian admirers of his talent was P.M. Tretyakov, who bought for his collection his watercolor "Purchased" (1892).