Seascape Moonlit View Of Crimean Bay 19th Century Russian Master Oil Painting

Signed lower left: 'G. Kalmykov' - attributed Grigory Odisseevich Kalmykov (1873 - 1942), Russian landscape painter, graduate of the Imperial Academy of Arts. Spectacular Crimean Coastal moonlit view. The artist visually divides the painting into two parts - sky and water, separated by a mountain range. Thus, the artist conveys a feeling of anxiety, in anticipation of the calm before the storm. The sky is overcast with gray clouds, the excitement of the waves on the sea is already beginning. In the foreground, on the right, there is a two-masted ship anchored and unaware of the impending storm... To the left of it, in the distance, blurry features of the port city's lanterns are depicted. The main thing in this work is how the night seascape is painted, the play of light and shadow, the reflection of the moon from the sea surface, the depth of the night sky covered with clouds. Antique oil painting on canvas, signed, framed.
Size app.: 40 x 63 cm (roughly 15.7 x 24.8 in), with frame ca 61 x 81 cm (roughly 24 x 31.9 in). Very good ready to hang condition, retouches, canvas relined, age wear,  slight loss on the frame (see pictures).  Please study good resolution images for overall cosmetic condition. In person actual painting may appear darker than on our pictures, appearance also depends on sufficient light in your room.
G. O. Kalmykov,  born in the city of Kerch. In 1889 he was a student of I. K. Aivazovsky in Feodosia, in 1893 he graduated from the Odessa Drawing School, where he was a student of K. Kostandi, and from 1893 to 1895. studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts and was one of the most talented students of A. Kuindzhi. In 1895 he received the title of class artist of the 3rd degree, and in 1897 - the title of artist. In 1900, his personal exhibition took place in St. Petersburg, in 1901 he demonstrated his work in Munich. From 1910 he was a member of the Kuindzhi Society. Lived in St. Petersburg (Leningrad). Killed in 1942 during the siege of Leningrad. Kalmykov painted mainly landscapes on the marine theme, often traveled to the Crimea. His brushes include such works as "Moonlight Night in Kikeneiz", "Foggy Morning", "Surf at the Iron Rocks" and "Twilight". In the 1930s, he painted several paintings for the Museum of the Arctic and Antarctic and for the Museum of the Leningrad Mining Institute. Kalmykov's works were shown at the Tretyakov Gallery, the State Russian Museum, and exhibited at auctions.