Lot 810: ALEXANDER SERGEEVICH HRENOV (1860-1926)

Russian Borzois
signed in Russian 'A. Hrenov' (lower left)
watercolor and pencil on paper laid on cardboard
20 x 26 in. (51 x 66 cm.)

A well-known architect, Hrenov supervised the construction and the restoring of more than one hundred buildings in St. Petersburg. He was also a watercolorist, his works depicting mainly animal scenes. At the request of Tsar Nicholas II, he executed a group of Imperial hunting scenes. After the revolution he moved to the Far East.