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A POLENOV, RUSSIAN, OIL ON CANVAS BACKED ON BOARD LANDSCAPE PAINTING, 1911 - Vasily Polenov, an oil canvas backed on board autumn landscape painting depicting a view of the Oka River. Signed ”V. Polenov” and dated 1911 lower left. Housed in a gilded wooden frame. Has a metal plaque inscribed ”A gift from the collection of Martin Steinberg”. The verso is stamped: ”FROM THE COLLECTION OF MARY C. LIBERATORE”. A paper label is attached to the verso: ”Clayton & Liberatore Art Gallery, Bridgehampton, LI, NY 11932”. The Clayton-Liberatore Gallery operated in Bridgehampton, Long Island, New York. The gallery's owner, Leonard Clayton, was the founder of the Leonard Clayton Gallery in New York City. Clayton took over the Marie Sterner Gallery and later ran the gallery with his niece, Mary C. Liberatore, under the name Clayton-Liberatore Gallery. Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov (1844-1927) was a Russian landscape artist associated with the Peredvizhniki art movement. He studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts and was elected a member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts in 1893. For many years, he coached young painters in the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. His pupils included Abram Arkhipov, Isaac Levitan, Konstantin Korovin, and Alexandre Golovine. Condition: Good overall with some small specks of dirt at the upper left. The signature is clear and legible. The signate does not glare under black light. There are several spots touched up along the top part of the paining.