MICHEL KOROCHANSKY (RUSSIAN-FRENCH 1866-1925) A Sheperd and his Herd at Dawn

oil on canvas 27. 8 x 35 cm (11 x 13 3/4 in.) signed lower right PROVENANCE Christie's, Amsterdam, September 9-19, 2008, Lot 229 Private Collection, New York LOT NOTES Michael Korochansky was born in Odessa and went to Paris to study painting, where he would stay and become a naturalized citizen. In Paris, Korochansky studied with William Bouguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury at the Academie Julian. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français, where he obtained an honorable mention in 1910. Korochansky's paintings were also purchased by the Parisian government.