Trademark Fine Art Vladimir Borovikovsky 'Portrait Of Prince Ab Kurakin' Canvas Art,22x32
- Artist: Vladimir Borovikovsky
- Subject: People
- Style: Traditional
- Product Type: Gallery-Wrapped Canvas Art
This ready to hang, gallery-wrapped art piece features a portrait of a man in the center of the frame in a uniform.
Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky was a Russian painter of Ukrainian origin who dominated portraiture in Russia at the turn of the 19th century. An amateur painter until his discovery by Empress Catherine II, Borovikovsky lived in Saint Petersburg with the poet, architect, musician and art theorist Prince Nikolay Lvov, who strongly influenced his work. He was appointed academician and became a popular portrait painter, creating about 500 portraits during his lifetime.
Giclee (jee-clay) is an advanced printmaking process for creating high quality fine art reproductions. The attainable excellence that Giclee printmaking affords makes the reproduction virtually indistinguishable from the original piece. The result is wide acceptance of Giclee by galleries, museums, and private collectors. Gallery wrap is a method of stretching an artist's canvas so that the canvas wraps around the sides and is secured a hidden, wooden frame. This method of stretching and preparing a canvas allows for a frameless presentation of the finished painting.
