Adolf Baumgartner

Lot 91: Adolf Baumgartner-Stoiloff, attributed, Sleigh Ride, c. 1880 Description: Oil on canvas Presumably Russia, c. 1880 Attributed to Adolf/Constantin Baumgartner-Stoiloff (1850-1924) – Bulgarian-Austrian painter Wintery scenery Gold frame Dimensions, framed: 82 x 102 cm Good condition This oil painting reminds in style and motive of works by the Bulgarian-Austrian painter Adolf Baumgartner-Stoiloff . It shows three men as they are whisked over a winter landscape on a horse-drawn sleigh. The men are bundled in warm winter clothing, with their sleigh outfitted with straw. A dog has made itself comfortable next to the men. On the left edge of the painting the sun is rising, giving that area a light orange tint. The rest of the sky is hung with thick grey clouds. The gold frame is elegantly decorated. The paintings is in good condition with traces of age and the paint layer shows visible craquelure. The frame shows wear. The back of the stretcher is numbered ‘4453’’’’’’’’ in pencil. The framed painting measures 82 x 102 cm. Unframed, it measures 60 x 83.5 cm.

Condition: The painting is in overall good condition with few signs of wear consistent with its age. Occasional retouching under UV-light visible, mainly in the sky and edges. Overall light craquelure, the central stretcher is causing slight pressure marks, otherwise generally of good impression. The image dimensions are 83 x 129 cm, framed 104 x 148 cm. The Bulgarian artist Adolf Baumgartner-Stoiloff was born in 1850 in Linz, Austria, and studied at the Academy for Fine Arts in St. Petersburg in Russia in the 1880s. He is mainly known as a fine portraitist of horses and his “Russian” scenes depicting Cossacks and hunters were very famous and have been often reproduced. He used different pseudonyms to sign his paintings, such as „A. Baumgartner-Stoiloff“, „Constantin Stoiloff“, „C. Stoiloff“ or simply „Stoiloff“. Gouverneur auf Reisen, 19th C. Oil on canvas Austria/Russia, late 19th C. Constantin Stoiloff, alias Adolf Baumgartner (1850-1924) - Austrian history, landscape and genre painter, known for his depictions of Russian riders Signed lower right ‘C. Stoiloff’’’’ Dimensions: 83 x 129 cm Framed: 104 x 148 cm Good condition Large painting illustrating a typical subject of the painter who prefers to represent Cossacks on horseback in the snow-covered Russian landscape

Adolf Baumgartner-Stoiloff (1850-1924), Troikas, Oil, c. 1900 Oil on canvas Bulgaria/Austria, around 1900 Adolf (Constantin) Baumgartner-Stoiloff (1850-1924) – Bulgarian-Austrian painter Signed lower right ‘A. Baumgartner-Stoiloff’’’’ Dimensions: 66.5 x 55.5 cm Framed: 77 x 65.5 cm Good, restored condition

Description: BAUMGARTNER-STOILOFF, ADOLF CONSTANTIN (Linz 1850 - 1924 Vienna) Harvest. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right: C. Baumgartner. 82.5 x 128.8 cm. Provenance: Swiss private collection. BAUMGARTNER-STOILOFF, ADOLF CONSTANTIN (Linz 1850 - 1924 Wien) Erntezeit. Öl auf Leinwand. Unten rechts signiert: C. Baumgartner. 82,5 x 128,8 cm. Proveninez: Schweizer Privatbesitz.

In the manner of Adolf Baumgartner (Austrian, 1850-1924, aka Constantin Stoiloff), possibly signed "C. Horloff" or "C. Stoiloff" LL, oil on board, panoramic winter scene depicting advance guard of Siberian treasure convoy, numerous equestrian figures brandishing weapons and banners, Christie's label numbered "SJ578/2" with barcodes verso, not examined out of labeled Heydenryk frame, minor loss to frame, black lighting reveals isolated in-painting to at least two pennants, covered wagon, one of rider's turbans, and some horse forelegs as well as isolated spot UR, ss: 21" h. x 35 1/2" w.