"Boat," 1880

Artist / Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov
(1844–1927)

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Canvas, cardboard, oil
23×32 cm

💐 Rowing was one of Polenov’s greatest passions. He wasn’t just an avid enthusiast—he was also a skilled boat designer.

Boats built from his sketches sailed on the rivers near Imotsentsy and Abramtsevo, on the Vora, and later, in the 1890s and early 1900s, on the Oka at his estate, Borok.

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