Oil on canvas, 40 x 20 in. From a Connecticut estate. A resident of Boston, Massachusetts, Vladimir Pavlosky was a painter, especially known for allegorical subjects and marine scenes. Favorite locations were Gloucester, Massachusetts and the coast of Maine. He was born in the Ukraine of Russia, and studied with his father, Gregiory Pavlosky, a decorator of religious interiors. He emigrated to America at age 20 to avoid being drafted into the Tsar's Army.Pavlosky was a member of the Boston Watercolor Society and the Gloucester Art Association and exhibited widely including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Gloucester and Rockport Art Associations, and the North Shore Art Association. Among his commissions are interior paintings and murals in St. Mary's Polish Church in Boston and also murals in the Fenway and Orpheum Theaters of that city.Source: Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"

Good condition, relined and professionally restored. Still some areas of paint loss.