Uncommon original Eichenwald of Moscow cabinet portrait photograph of the important Russian pianist, conductor, and composer, the younger brother of Anton Rubinstein and a close friend of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Moderate staining lower left, slightly trimmed along lower edge, else fine. 4.25 x 6.6 inches (11 x 16.5 cm).
Photographer Alexander Fedorovich Eichenwald started his career as a photographer in St Petersburg, soon after graduating from the Academy of Arts in 1858, eventually moving to Moscow in 1867. He became a well-established figure in the city and received a gold medal for portraits at the Polytechnic Exhibition of 1872. Eichenwald was also the first Moscow photographer to start shooting under electric lighting from early 1880. In 1896, he sold his atelier to another photographer, a certain KD Lupandin, who continued to trade under the same name.
Uncommon original Eichenwald of Moscow cabinet portrait photograph of the important Russian pianist, conductor, and composer, the younger brother of Anton Rubinstein and a close friend of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Moderate staining lower left, slightly trimmed along lower edge, else fine. 4.25 x 6.6 inches (11 x 16.5 cm).
Photographer Alexander Fedorovich Eichenwald started his career as a photographer in St Petersburg, soon after graduating from the Academy of Arts in 1858, eventually moving to Moscow in 1867. He became a well-established figure in the city and received a gold medal for portraits at the Polytechnic Exhibition of 1872. Eichenwald was also the first Moscow photographer to start shooting under electric lighting from early 1880. In 1896, he sold his atelier to another photographer, a certain KD Lupandin, who continued to trade under the same name.