Armenian Peasant House In Crimea By Stephanie Von Strechine (1858 Odessa - 1940 Bad Tölz)

This early work by the Russian-German landscape painter Stephanie von Strechine (1858 Odessa - 1940 Bad Tölz, Germany).
It was created by the artist during her life in Odessa ( in those time Russian Empire)  , before she moved to Munich. Stephanie von Strechine (Russian: Стефания Стрехина) was a Ukrainian landscape painter. She studied at the Historical Academy in Munich under the Austrian artist Ludwig Willroider (1845-1910) and continued to work in the city after 1881, exhibiting her works at the famous Glaspalast (Glass Palace). At that time, Munich was a center of artistic activity and particularly attracted female artists thanks to its Women's Academy founded at the end of the 19th century.Exhibitions: Bad Tölz Municipal Museum, retrospective exhibition in 2000;

Literature: monograph "Stephanie von Strechine and her time" by Sigrid Hofstetter; Thieme/Becker, XXXII, 1938; in Russian, available online:https://otkritka.schoolpsiholog.ru/2014/04/1858-1940.html

Inscription: signed lower left, on the back of cardboard -artist's title in Old-Geman: Armenischer Bauernhaus ( in English: Armenian peasant house). 

Technique: oil on cardboard, salon gilt frame.

Dimensions: unframed 28 x 21 cm, framed 42.5 x 35.5 cm.

Condition: good.