Manuil Khristoforovich Aladzhalov (1862 – 1934) Sunny Day on Volga

signed in Cyrillic and dated ‘M Aladzhalov’ (lower right), titled on an old label ‘Narodni galerie v Praze’ (on reverse) oil on canvas laid on board 20.5 x 31.5cm Exhibited: Prague, National Gallery of Prague, Ruske Umeni, 1953, no 38 Literature: Exhibition catalogue, Ruske Umeni, Prague, 1953, p.11, no 38, dated 1910 V.Fiala, Russkaya zhivopis' v sobraniyakh Chekhoslovakii, Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1974, p.65 no.25 Born in Nakhichevan-on-Don into an Armenian merchant family, he spent almost all his life in Moscow. The Armenian artist enjoyed painting etudes of the Volga. He studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1883-1890) under I. Levitan, V.E. Makovsky, A.K. Savrasov, and was friends with K. Korovin.