Portrait of Maria Savina, Russian actress. Lithograph by Osip Braz, 1900.
Character/Sitter
Савина, Мария Гавриловна [Savina, Maria] (Russian, 1854 – 1915)
Portrait of Russian actress Maria Gavrilovna Savina, a lithograph on tan paper, by artist Osip Braz, 1900.
Maria Gavrilovna Savina (Мария Гавриловна Савина), a renowned Russian stage actress, was born as Maria Podramentsova (Подраменцова) on April 11, 1854, in Kamianets-Podilskyi (Ukraine, Russian Empire) and died on September 21, 1915, in Saint Petersburg.
Osip Emmanuilovich Braz — Осип Эммануилович Браз; 16 January 1873 in Odessa - 6 November 1936 near Paris, was a Russian painter of Jewish descent. Imprisoned by the Soviets in 1924 (the Solovki special prison-camp), released in 1926 and emigrated to Germany in 1928. Married to Lola Landshoff. "All his family members suffered from severe tuberculosis. After losing his wife, Lola Lantsgof, and both sons, he spent the last year of his life alone. Osip Braz passed away on November 6, 1936, and was laid to rest at the Bagneux Cemetery in Paris." [Source]
Additional Information
| Collection | European prints and drawings |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Print , Works on paper |
| Period | 20 AD , Early 20th century |
| Country | Russia , Russian Empire |
| Media/Technique | Lithography , Paper , Wove paper |
| Genre | Portrait |
| Subject | Actor print , Actors , Lithography , Portrait , Russia , Russian art , Seated portrait , Theatre , Works on paper |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1900 |
| Acquisition year | 2019 |
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