Rating and value of paintings by Mikhail Guermacheff

If you own a work of art by or based on the work of artist Mikhail Guermacheff and would like to know its value, our state-approved experts and auctioneers will guide you. Our specialists will carry out a free appraisal of your work, and provide you with a precise estimate of its value on the current market. Thereafter, if you wish to sell your work, we will direct you to the best possible arrangement to obtain the optimum price.

Artist's rating and value

Mikhail Guermacheff's work is uncommon and quite highly rated on the auction market. His works arouse interest among collectors and art lovers, particularly those who appreciate 20th-century Russian painting. The most sought-after pieces are landscape paintings. A work by Guermacheff can fetch thousands of euros at auction, such as his painting Le Kremlin sous la neige, which fetched €135,000 in 2008, whereas it was estimated at between €40,000 and €50,000.  

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Style and technique of Mikhail Guermacheff

Mikhail Guermacheff belongs to the École de Paris group, like other artists (Michel Kikoine, Alessio Isupoff, Nicolas de Staël) who immigrated to Paris from Russia, although this term is far too broad to give a precise definition of his work. He fits in with the Russian realist artists, and produces mainly oils on canvas.

The life of Mikhail Guermacheff    

Mikhail Markanovich Guermacheff, (1867 - 1930) was a Russian artist of the École de Paris.

The artist was born in Kharkoff, in the Russian Empire. He studied at the Moscow School of Fine Arts, where he trained in landscape painting and learned the techniques of the Russian realists. He took part in several Salons, including those in Moscow and St. Petersburg, where he exhibited his work. After the 1917 revolution, like many of his colleagues, he was forced to leave his native country.

He settled permanently in France, exhibiting canvases at the Grand Palais des Champs Élysées and the Salon de la Société nationale des Beaux-Arts.

His works are particularly characteristic of early Russian realism, depicting an enlightened, idealized country before the tragic revolutionary events of the 20th century. They convey a certain nostalgia for the last moments of the Russian Empire, very subtle in his most famous paintings depicting views of the Kremlin under the snow.

He died in Paris in 1930.

Mikhail Guermacheff's imprint on his period

Mikhail Guermacheff is not a painter widely known to the general public, either during his lifetime or today. His paintings of landscapes and other compositions, however, are appreciated by collectors and have a certain success at auction. Some of his works are exhibited in museums in France, but private collectors play a major role in preserving his work.   

His signature

Not all Mikhail Guermacheff's works are signed. It's also possible that it's a copy or that the mention has faded over time, which is why expertise is paramount.

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