Olga Alexandrovna (b. Peterhof near St. Petersburg 1882, d. Toronto 1960, Grand Duchess of Russia)
Spring day at Knudsminde Farm, the Danish residence of the Grand Duchess in exile. Signed Olga. Oil on cardboard. 62×52 cm. Visible size 58×48 cm.
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna and her husband, Colonel Nicholas Kulikovsky, escaped the Russian revolution and civil war arriving in Denmark 1920. They lived with the Grand Duchess' mother, Tsaritsa Maria Feodorovna, at Hvidøre Manor until her death in 1928. When Hvidøre was sold in 1930, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna and her husband acquired Knudsminde Farm in Ballerup, where they lived until 1948. Hereafter, they emigrated to Canada.
Provenance: Danish private ownership. The former Danish owner received the painting directly from the Grand Duchess.
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Russian art and antiques, 2 June 2021