# Aleksandr Aleksandrovic Rubcov artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1884-01-24
- Death date: 1949-11-26
- Nationality: Russian, French
- Movements: Orientalism
- Common media: oil painting, watercolor, graphic art / drawing

## About Aleksandr Aleksandrovic Rubcov

Alexandre Roubtzoff (born Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Rubcov) was a Russian-born painter, watercolorist, and graphic artist who became a defining figure of Francophone Orientalism. Born on 24 January 1884, he trained between 1904 and 1912 before settling in Tunisia, where he would spend most of his adult life documenting North African landscapes, architecture, and daily life. He was naturalized as a French citizen in 1924 and maintained annual visits to Paris between 1925 and 1935, keeping his work visible within European art circles. Roubtzoff's output spans oil paintings, watercolors, and drawings, with his Tunisian-period works forming the core of his recognized oeuvre. He is listed in the Bénézit Dictionary of Artists, the Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, and the RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History). He died on 26 November 1949.

## Common works and media

Roubtzoff's most commonly encountered works include oil paintings and watercolors of Tunisian street scenes, market views, architectural studies, and Orientalist figure compositions. Drawings and graphic works on paper also appear. His subjects center on everyday life and urban landscapes of Tunisia during the French protectorate period. Works on canvas from his mature Tunisian period (roughly 1914–1949) represent the largest share of what surfaces at auction. Prints or editions are not documented in the available sources.

## Market and appraisal context

Works by Alexandre Roubtzoff appear at auction primarily as oil paintings, watercolors, and drawings of North African and Orientalist subjects. Valuation depends on medium, size, subject matter, provenance, and condition. His Tunisian-period oils of street scenes and figure studies tend to attract the strongest collector interest. Watercolors and drawings are also encountered regularly. Because the artist is catalogued under several name variants — Roubtzoff, Rubcov, Rubtov — collectors should search auction databases under all known forms to ensure complete coverage. No single dominant auction category or price tier is established from available sources; comparable Orientalist painter sales and recent realized prices should guide appraisal.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research from library-authority and museum sources with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Alexandre Roubtzoff, identity data is drawn from Wikidata, the Getty Union List of Artist Names, VIAF, the Library of Congress Name Authority File, and the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2577968
- RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/265148
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/156689830/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500190689
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Roubtzoff
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86024206