'Stableman with Pipe'
Original Oil painting
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Valery Gridnev (b.1956 )
Original exhibited oil painting on canvas, beautifully presented in a bold gallery frame, depicting a portrait of a man smoking a pipe. This superb original work has been created in an impressionist style, is entitled 'Stableman with Pipe', and is by UK based listed Russian artist Valeriy Gridnev (b.1956 ). The painting is accompanied by its original invoice from 1995, a letter to the initial buyer from the original exhibition curators, stating that Princess Diana's brother Lord Spencer bought the artist's self portrait for his collection at Althorp House, and a personal photograph of the artist taken during his visit to Althorp in 1994.
Valeriy Borissovich Gridnev was born in Siberia, in the former Soviet Union, and studied at Sverdlovsk Art College and St Petersburg Academy of Arts. He worked at St. Petersburg Academy of Art's until 1994, during which time one of his paintings won the Gold Medal of the USSR Academy of Art, which increased his profile and led to him being elected a member of the Russian Artist's Federation. In 1999 he moved to Hampshire, England where he was commissioned as a portrait artist at Highclere Castle by the 7th Earl of Carnarvon. He is a member of The Pastel society, The Royal Institute of Oil Painters and The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, and has exhibited widely around Russia, America, Europe and in England, including at the prestigious Mall Galleries in London, and his paintings can be found in private collections around the World.- Signed lower right- Original exhibition labels verso- Comes with various items of original paperwork, please see images above for specific details of these items- Framed and ready to hang, in a bold, dark wooden moulded gallery frame, with narrow gilt slip- Painting size 31cm x 35cm (approx. 12 1/4 inches x 13 3/4 inches)- Overall frame size 49.5cm x 53.5cm (approx. 19 1/2 inches x 21 inches)- Both painting and frame are in excellent condition- Excellent investment- Conversation piece
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