Nov 20, 2009 - Sale 2197

Sale 2197 - Lot 133

Price Realized: $ 4,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
CONSTANTIN WESTCHILOFF
Maine Coastal Landscape.

Oil on canvas, 1931. 667x928 mm; 26 1/4x36 1/2 inches. Signed in oil, lower left recto. Dated in black ink, on the frame back.

Well known for his rugged, Impressionist seascapes, Westchiloff was born in Russia in 1877. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg and, after traveling extensively in Europe and America, he finally settled in New England, where he lived until his death in 1945.