Impressionist  seascape was executed in 1906 by listed Ukrainian painter, grounder of the family of artists and architects Vyacheslav Mykolayovych Kholostenko (1872 Nelinskoe, Vyatka province - 1946 Kiew). 

He was born in the family of a military man. He lost his parents early: his mother died when he was 11 years old, and his father died four years later. He was the eldest in the family and therefore had to think about how to feed and educate his younger brothers and sisters. At that time, he graduated from a real school and began to draw from nature. This is how he earned money to support his family.
In 1890, Vyacheslav Mykolayovych went to St. Petersburg to continue his studies at the Academy of Arts. The lack of funds and the inability to pay for tuition did not give him the opportunity to study at such a dream university, and he transferred to study at the school of technical drawing of Baron Stieglitz.
In 1899 (1900) Kholostenko V.M. graduated with honors and for winning the competition received a trip abroad and a scholarship to improve the level of art education. Worked and studied in France, Holland, Belgium, Italy. After returning to St. Petersburg, he was sent on a business trip to Russia to familiarize and study the ancient monuments of applied art (1901). After returning from a trip to Russia, he started teaching. Worked as a drawing and drafting teacher at the Lodz Manufacturing School.
In 1906, the family moved to Berdychiv, Kyiv region, where V. M. Kholostenko. taught in labor schools, real and commercial schools. From 1920 to 1942, he worked in museums, as a teacher at vocational schools, technical schools, and secondary schools in Kyiv.
While working as a teacher (more than 40 years of experience), V. M. Kholostenko. painted a lot His works were repeatedly presented at fine art exhibitions in Kyiv and Leningrad.
The artist died in 1946 in Kyiv. He had two sons and daughter. Mykola Vyacheslavovich Kholostenko (1902 Łódź - 1978 Kiew) became  famous Ukrainian architect, younger son Evgeny Vyacheslavovych Kholostenko (born 1904 in Łódź / now Poland) became  famous artist and art critic; daughter Lidia Vyacheslavivna 1913 Berdychev - 1999 Kiew) became architect and artist.

Literature: Central State Archive-Museum of Literature and Art of Ukraine, article about the family Kholostenko, in on-line: 

https://old-csam.archives.gov.ua/includes/uploads/opisy/Kholostenky_1368_1.pdf

Inscription: signed in Ukrainian and dated 1906.

Technique: oil on canvas, original period gilt frame.

Measurements: unframed 31 5/8" x 19 7/8"( 80,5 x 50,5 cm), framed 38 1/2" x 28 3/4" (98 x 68 cm). 

Condition: good.