Prince Rostislav Romanov Interview
Prince Rostislav Rostislavovich was born in Lake Forest, Illinois, the eldest son and second child of Prince Rostislav Rostislavovich and his second wife, Christia Ipsen, Baroness Ampthill. He belongs to the Mihailovichi branch of the Romanov family as a male-line descendant of Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia, the youngest son of Emperor Nicholas I. He is also a descendant of Emperors Alexander II and Alexander III, being the great-grandson of Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia sister of the last Emperor Nicholas II and her husband Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia.
The Prince lived in Chicago until he was two months old, when his father moved his family to London. The family then moved to the village of Rye in East Sussex, where he spent his teenage years. Prince Rostislav was educated at Brambletye and Milton Abbey Schools, and at Falmouth University where he read Fine Art. Rostislav is a landscape artist. He is particularly interested in “en plein air” painting and much of his artwork depicts the Sussex countryside or is inspired by his travels in Russia and elsewhere. He works primarily with oil and creates sculptural, three-dimensional paintings mainly in impasto. His most significant early work uses pastels. Pastels, or watercolors, is also the medium of studies for his more important paintings. His work includes relief printing, and dry-point, and soft ground acid etchings.
This interview is from 2013.
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