Lot 255: Ekaterina Goldinger (1881-1973)

Ekaterina Goldinger (1881-1973)
Peasant woman from the Ieezdrinksy District, of the Province of Kaluga
signed 'C. W. Goldinger' (lower left) and with inscription 'The Peasant Woman/By Catherine W. Goldinger,/Imperial Academy of Arts./St. Petersburg/Russia/Painting exhibited Worlds Fair St. Louis/1904 Russian Section' (on a label attached to the reverse)
oil on canvas
30 x 25¼ in. (76.2 x 64.1 cm.)

St. Louis, World's Fair 1904, No. 182.

Exhibition catalogue: World's Fair, Russian Section, Fine Arts Catalogue, St. Louis, 1904, no. 182, p. 22, listed.

Acquired from a private Californian collector by Lawrence W. Martin, the grandfather of the current owner, circa 1940.

Born in Moscow, Ekaterina Goldinger studied with Konstantin Savitskii and Leonid Pasternak. She began showing her work in 1904 and would later become a member of several exhibition societies including the Union of Russian Artists and the New Society of Artists. This painting was exhibited at 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, known as the World Fair, held in St. Louis.