(Mazer, Carl Peter) (1807-1884) - Carl Peter Mazer. Images of mid 19th century Kyiv. /  Obrazi Kieva seredini XIXst. Karl Peter Mazer.
 
Stockholm, Svenska institutet, 1999. Oblong 4to. 22 x 30 cms. 64 pp. Richly illustrated with full-page reproductions of Mazer’s drawings of 19th century Kiev. / Text in English and Swedish.
 
Sewn as issued, printed wrappers. Very fine / as new.
 
Carl Peter Mazér was a Swedish painter, graphic artist, and photographer. In 1837, he spent some time in Finland, then went to Saint Petersburg. He would eventually spend fifteen years in Russia; living in Moscow and Yaroslavl, where he worked as a drawing teacher. He also travelled in barges down the Volga, from Nizhny Novgorod to Astrakhan, making sketches. His best known work from that period is a posthumous portrait of Alexander Pushkin, commissioned by Pavel Nashchokin, a close friend of Pushkin’s and a noted art collector. The present catalogue (and exhibition) features some 40 drawings from his stay in Ukraine in 1851. After returning to Stockholm in 1854, Mazer had difficulty making a living from his art, and became exclusively involved with photography.