Liberty 527pc A Winter's Day Konstantin Ivanovich Gorbatov 13pt8x16pt5in DSC09576

            For the theme of Light & Shade/Shadow. A beautiful painting of trees in winter, under snow made even more irresistible by the laser-cutting of Liberty Puzzles.

Liberty 527pc A Winter's Day Konstantin Ivanovich Gorbatov, 13.8x16.5in, Interlocking, plywood laser-cut jigsaw, whose main feature is a man driving a cart with a team of two horses down the avenue and out of the canvas. There are also a large number of snowflakes, woodland animals and feathers hidden in the cut, with clouds suggestive of the dust that the cart would cause.

One of the few Liberty jigsaws that I have managed to buy since we last visited the USA in 2019, this one was sold by a former BCD member. 

Konstantin Ivanovich Gorbatov (1876 – 24 May 1945) was a Russian post-impressionist painter.

Gorbatov was born in Stavropol in the Samara province. He lived in Riga from 1896 to 1903, and studied civil engineering before painting. Gorbatov moved to St. Petersburg in 1904 and studied at the Baron Stieglitz Central School for Technical Draftsmanship. He initially entered the architecture department of the Imperial Academy of Arts before switching to painting that he studied under Nikolay Nikanorovich Dubovskoy. Gorbatov received a scholarship and studied art in Rome and Capri. He returned to St. Petersburg and participated in the Peredvizhniki exhibitions.

Gorbatov left Russia permanently in 1922 following the Russian Revolution of 1917 and settled on the Italian island of Capri. He moved to Berlin in 1926, where he remained until his death. Gorbatov became a member of a Russian emgiree artistic circle that included Leonid Pasternak, Vadim Falileyev, Ivan Myasoyedov. He became a well-known established artist. 
Gorbatov travelled throughout Europe during the late 1930s, visited Palestine and Syria in 1934 and 1935, and often came by Italy. Gorbatov's art became unwanted in Nazi Germany and the family soon became impoverished. As a Russian émigré, he was forbidden to leave Germany during World War II. Gorbatov died shortly after the allied victory over Germany on 12 May 1945. His wife committed suicide on 17 June 1945.

Gorbatov bequeathed to the Academy of Arts in Leningrad. The works were delivered to the Moscow Regional Museum of history and Arts near the New Jerusalem Monastery, where they have since been exhibited.

Taken on: November 15, 2023

Sets appears in: • Something Old, New, Borrowed, or Blue - a Wedding • Liberty Puzzles more » • BCD Mtg Light & Shadow • Other Laser Cut Jigsaws « less

Groups appears in: • Artistic Puzzles • Traditional Wooden Jigsaws more » • BCD Just Jigsaws « less

Camera: Sony DSC-HX90V, f/4.5, 1/15 sec, 9.9mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony DSC-HX90V
Aperture:	f/4.5
Exposure Time:	0.067 sec (1/15)
Focal Length:	9.9mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-0.3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	PaintShop Pro 19.00
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