VLADIMIR ZAUZE (1859–1939) Street in Evpatoria

signed in Cyrillic, inscribed and dated ‘V. Zauze / Evpatoria 26’ (lower right) watercolour on paper 19.5 × 26.2 cm (à vue) Executed in 1926. Vladimir Khristianovich Zauze (1859–1939) was a Russian painter, watercolourist and printmaker, closely associated with the artistic life of Odessa. Born in St Petersburg, Zauze studied at the Stroganov School in Moscow between 1870 and 1879, where he developed a particular interest in landscape painting and watercolour. Following several years of teaching in Dubno and Nikolaev, he settled in Odessa in 1885. From 1893, Zauze was a member of the Society of South Russian Artists and later became one of the founders of the Kostandi Society of Artists.