VOLOSHIN MAXIMILIAN (1877-1932) Seascape

The handwritten inscription in Cyrillic the upper right: ["Through the dusky evening, the full moon in the bay [illegible] its saffron light on the glassy surface. Maximilian Voloshin.] Monogram and date in the lower right : "MW 9 III 30"; inscribed in Cyrillic in pencil and stamp of the collection of Igor Dichenko (on the reverse) watercolour on paper 18 x 26.5 cm executed in 1930 Provenance: collection of Igor Dichenko (1946-2015), Soviet and Ukrainian collector, art historian, painter, one of the ideologists of the Ukrainian avant-garde, Kiev; Private collection, Europe Maximilian Alexandrovich Voloshin (1877-1932) was a poet, translator, landscape artist, and literary critic. He was a prominent figure of Russian symbolism and a significant contributor to Russian culture in the early 20th century. He lived in Paris, St. Petersburg, and from 1917 in Koktebel. Voloshin studied at the Louvre School of Museum Studies, the F. Kolarossi School, and under D. Whistler and E. S. Kruglikova. During the 1910s-1920s, he painted numerous landscapes of Crimea, France, and Spain, primarily from memory. Since 1923, Voloshin's home in Koktebel has been known as the House of Creativity, providing free accommodation for artists.