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Old man in a wide-brim hat standing beside a white horse hitched to a wooden cart loaded with rough-cut planks and logs in a rural scene.
Man in a green coat and straw hat tending a white horse beside a broken wooden wagon outdoors in a rustic setting.
Back of a stretched canvas: handwritten label reads “An American Original” with a signature, Oleg Stavrovsky, on light canvas framed by wooden stretcher bars.
Old man in a wide-brim hat standing beside a white horse hitched to a wooden cart loaded with rough-cut planks and logs in a rural scene.
Man in a green coat and straw hat tending a white horse beside a broken wooden wagon outdoors in a rustic setting.
Back of a stretched canvas: handwritten label reads “An American Original” with a signature, Oleg Stavrovsky, on light canvas framed by wooden stretcher bars.

Oleg Stavrowsky

1927-2020

An American Original

MEDIUM: Oil on canvas

DIMENSIONS: 24 x 44 inches

ESTIMATE: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00

Signed lower right

SHIPPING DIMENSIONS: 35 x 54 inches

CONDITION REPORT

Additional Information

Provenance:
The Artist
Dr Richard Gooding
Sold by descent in the family

At first glance, Oleg Stavrowsky's An American Original appears to capture an ordinary ranch scene—a cowboy tending to his horse beside a weathered wagon. Yet it is precisely this quiet, unguarded moment that defines the artist's work. Rather than focusing on grand spectacles of the West, Stavrowsky found inspiration in its everyday rhythms, celebrating the people, places, and traditions that shaped ranch life with honesty and remarkable technical skill. Warm sunlight, rich textures, and careful observation combine to create a scene that feels both deeply personal and unmistakably authentic.

Born in Europe and later establishing his career in the American Southwest, Stavrowsky became known for his finely crafted paintings that blend academic realism with a genuine affection for Western subjects. His work reflects years of studying the landscape and its inhabitants, resulting in compositions that are as historically convincing as they are visually engaging. This painting carries particularly strong provenance, having been acquired directly from the artist by Dr. Richard Gooding and remaining in the Gooding family by descent, offering collectors a work that combines distinguished ownership with the timeless appeal of one of the Southwest's accomplished realist painters.

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