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Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna (Russian, 1882-1960), portrait of twin sisters, oil on canvas, signed, 26" x 33", 38" x 40 3/4" framed. Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna (AKA: Olga, AKA: Olga Alexandrovna, AKA: Olga Alexandrovna Romanova, AKA: Olga Alexandrovna Kulikovsky Romanova) (1) was a painter. She was also the daughter of Tsar Alexander III, sister of Tsar Nicolas II, and one of the few members of the immediate Russian royal family to survive the Bolshevik Revolution. She was born at Peterhof Palace, near Saint Petersburg, Russia. Until the revolution she was an active and integral member of the innermost circle of the royal family. In 1920 she escaped to Denmark, her mother's homeland. Her mediums were watercolor and oil. Her subjects were landscapes, gardens, forests, farm life, royal life, interiors, genre, portraits, still life and flowers. The subject locations are near where she lived in Russia, Denmark This beautiful portrait of 2 sisters, probably twins, almost certainly are children related to Russian Royal family.