Portrait Of A Little Girl By Alexandre Roubtzoff (1884-1949)

Alexandre Roubtzoff (1884-1949) was a Russian painter born in Saint Petersburg.
He studied at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in Saint Petersburg, where he won several Grand Prix, including the Grand Prix for Painting in 1912.
He discovered the Orient in 1913, during a trip to Andalusia and then to Tangier. He then settled in Tunis in April 1914 and never left again, except for a few trips. He never returned to Russia.
In Tunisia, Roubtzoff mixed with the high society of the Western and Tunisian colonies and received numerous commissions for more or less mundane portraits that allowed him to live, but he preferred to depict the common Tunisian people, the Bedouins in their daily activities, and the women whose finery and costumes magnify their beauty.
He also left a large number of landscapes with delicate charm.
This "painter of light" died in Tunis in 1949 where he is buried.
In 2010, an exhibition and the publication of a book paid tribute to him.
His paintings and drawings are highly sought after on the art market.

This charming watercolor, full of life, represents the granddaughter of the honorary consul of Belgium in Tunisia.
The work is dated and signed lower right: "Tunis/A. Roubtzoff/1934"