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Exhibition Review
The Morozov Collection: Icons of Modern Art
02/2022 | 1427 | 164
Pages: 204-206
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Reviewer:
Blakesley, Rosalind P. (Blakesley, Rosalind P.)
Subjects
artists:
Serov, Valentin / Gogh, Vincent van / Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de / Gallen-Kallela, Akseli / Munch, Edvard / Korovin, Konstantin / Matisse, Henri / Denis, Maurice / Renoir, Pierre-Auguste / Manet, Edouard / Picasso, Pablo / Gauguin, Paul / Cézanne, Paul / Goncharova, Natalia / Malevich, Kazimir
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, France / Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia / Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia / Gosudarstvennaja Tretjakovskaja Galerja (State Tretyakov Gallery), Moscow, Russia
patrons:
Morozov, Ivan
subjects:
Collections / Russian painting / French art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Morozov Collection: Icons of Modern Art Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris 22nd September 2021– 22nd February 2022 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
23. Ivan Abramovitch Morozov, Moscow, 1910, by Valentin Serov. 1910. Tempera on cardboard, 63.5 by 77 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; exh. Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris).
Attributed works:
24. The cork or Country inn (La Guinguette), by Édouard Manet. c.1878. Oil in canvas, 72.4 by 92 cm. (Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow; exh. Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris).
Attributed works:
25. Bathers, by Paul Cézanne. 1892–94. Oil on canvas, 26 by 40 cm. (Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow; exh. Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris).
Exhibition Review
Ilya Repin (1844–1930): Painting the Soul of Russia
01/2022 | 1426 | 164
Pages: 72-76
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Reviewer:
Blakesley, Rosalind P. (Blakesley, Rosalind P.)
Subjects
artists:
Repin, Ilya
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Musée du Petit Palais, Paris, France
subjects:
Russian art / Russian painting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Ilya Repin (1844–1930): Painting the Soul of Russia Petit Palais, Paris 5th October 2021–23rd January 2022 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
20. Savva Mamontov, by Ilya Repin. 1880. Oil on canvas, 68.7 by 56.9 cm. (Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow; exh. Petit Palais, Paris).
Attributed works:
21. Elizaveta Zvantséva, by Ilya Repin. 1889. Oil on canvas, 89 by 69 cm. (Ateneum, Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki; exh. Petit Palais, Paris; photograph Jenni Nurminen).
Attributed works:
22. Golgotha, by Ilya Repin. 1921–25. Oil on linoleum, 214 by 176 cm. (Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton; exh. Petit Palais, Paris).
Article
Vasily Kandinsky and the Formal method
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 1016-1023
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Author:
Bowlt, John E. (Bowlt, John E.)
Subjects
art literature:
Punin, Nikolay / Tarabukin, Nikolay
artists:
Kandinsky, Wassily / Popova, Liubov / Rodchenko, Aleksander / Stepanova, Varvara / Malevich, Kazimir / Tatlin, Vladimir / Gan, Aleksey / Burlyuk, David / Kulbin, Nikolay
dates:
1900-1949 / 1910-1919 / 1920-1929
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
RAKhN (Russian Academy of Artistic Sciences), Moscow, Russia
places:
Russia
subjects:
Russian painting / Russian School / Russian Revolution, Russia / Communism / Marxism / Formalism / Formal analysis / Art theory / Criticism / Art criticism / Art critics / Artists' writings / Literature / Language / Music / Mysticism / Occultism / Spirituality / Science / Composition (artistic arrangement) / Colour / Constructivist / Abstract art / Aesthetics / Taste (aesthetics) / Perception / Study and teaching / Engineering
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Elementary life of the primary colour and its dependence on the simplest locale, by Vasily Kandinsky. Illustration to the lecture ‘On the Spiritual in Art’ delivered by Nikolai Kul’bin on Kandinsky’s behalf at the All-Russian Congress of Artists, St Petersburg, 29th and 31st December 1911. Published in Russian in I. Repin et al.: Trudy Vserossiiskogo s’ezda khudozhnikov (Transactions of the All-Russian Congress of artists), Petrograd 1914, I, pp.76–77.
Attributed works:
2. Improvisation 10, by Vasily Kandinsky. 1910. Canvas, 120 by 140 cm. (Fondation Beyeler, Basel; photograph courtesy Peter Schibli).
Attributed works:
3. Tsikl lektsii (Cycle of lectures), by Nikolay Punin. Petrograd 1920. Cover designed by Kazimir Malevich. (Photograph courtesy Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Attributed works:
5. Black lines, by Vasily Kandinsky. 1913. 129.4 by 131.1 cm. (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
6. Painting with the red spot, by Vasily Kandinsky. 1914. Canvas, 130 by 130 cm. (Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Non-western art unattributed:
4. Members of RAKhN (Russian Academy of Artistic Sciences) in the building of Svomas (Free State Art Studios), Moscow, June 1921. From left to right: Robert Fal’k, Evsei Shor, Nikolai Uspensky, Vasily Kandinsky, Evgenii Pavlov and Aleksandr Shenshin. Reproduced in C. Derouet and J. Boissel, eds.: exh. cat. Œuvres de Vassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), Paris (Centre Georges Pompidou) 1984, p.156.
Article
Russia, Rome and the tricky business of disaster painting
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 996-1005
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Author:
Blakesley, Rosalind P. (Blakesley, Rosalind P.)
Subjects
art literature:
Gogol, Nikolay / Pushkin, Alexander
artists:
Kiprensky, Orest / Bryullov, Karl / Martin, John, 1789-1854 / Basin, Petr / Gagarin, Grigory / Bruni, Fyodor / Markov, Aleksei / Raev, Vasily / Surikov, Vasily / Repin, Ilya
dates:
1800-1849 / 1830-1839 / 1840-1849
media:
Paintings / Drawings / Sketches
museums and institutions:
Russian Academy of Arts, Saint Petersburg, Russia
patrons:
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796
places:
Russia / Saint Petersburg / Italy / Rome
subjects:
Russian painting / Russian School / History paintings / Genre paintings / Landscapes (visual works) / Style / Academic art / Neo-classicism / Sublime / Natural disasters / Earthquakes / Portraits / Influence / Formal analysis / Nationalism / Travel / Grand tours / Academies / Study and teaching / Students / Salons (art exhibitions) / Commissions / Patronage / Awards / Critical Reception / Iconography / Christian iconography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Last day of Pompeii, by Karl Bryullov. 1830–33. Canvas, 456.5 by 651 cm. (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg).
Attributed works:
10. Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan. 16th November 1581, by Ilya Repin. 1885. Canvas, 199.5 by 254 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
Attributed works:
2. Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum, by John Martin. 1822. Canvas, 161.6 by 253 cm. (Tate, London).
Attributed works:
3. Earthquake in Rocca di Papa, near Rome, by Petr Basin. 1830. Canvas, 84 by 99 cm. (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg).
Attributed works:
4. Sketch for ‘Genseric’s invasion of Rome’, by Karl Bryullov. 1835–36. Canvas, 88 by 117.9 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
Attributed works:
5. Siege of Pskov by King Stefan Batory of Poland in 1581, by Karl Bryullov. 1839–43. Canvas, 482 by 675 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
Attributed works:
6. Death of Camilla, sister of Horatius, by Fedor Bruni. 1824. Canvas, 350 by 526.5 cm. (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg).
Attributed works:
7. The brazen serpent, by Fedor Bruni. 1834–41. Canvas, 565 by 852 cm. (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg).
Attributed works:
8. Sketch for ‘St Eustace Placidus in the Colosseum’, by Aleksei Markov. 1836–42. Canvas, 98 by 136.5 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
Attributed works:
9. Morning of the execution of the Streltsy, by Vasily Surikov. 1881. Canvas, 218 by 375 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
Exhibition Review
Chaim Soutine at the Jewish Museum, New York
08/2018 | 1385 | 160
Pages: 660-665
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Reviewer:
James, Merlin (James, Merlin; James, Merlin Ingli; Ingli James, Merlin; J., M.)
Subjects
artists:
Soutine, Chaim / Krémègne, Pinchus / Kikoïne, Michel / Derain, André / Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Jewish Museum, New York, United States
places:
United States / New York
subjects:
Landscapes (visual works) / Still lifes / Portraits / Nudes / French painting / Russian painting / Judaism / Jewish iconography / Christian iconography / Animals / Birds / Iconography / Influence / Perception / Catalogues raisonnés
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Still life with herrings, by Chaim Soutine. c.1916. Canvas, 64.5 by 48.5 cm. (Larock-Granoff Collection, Paris; exh. Jewish Museum, New York).
Attributed works:
2. Still life with rayfish, by Chaim Soutine. c.1924. Canvas, 81 by 100 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; exh. Jewish Museum, New York).
Attributed works:
3. Fish, peppers, onions, by Chaim Soutine. c.1919. Canvas, 64.8 by 49.2 cm. (Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia; exh. Jewish Museum, New York).
Attributed works:
4. Hanging turkey, by Chaim Soutine. c.1925. Board, 96 by 72 cm. (The Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation, on long term loan to the Princeton University Art Museum; exh. Jewish Museum, New York).
Attributed works:
5. Carcass of beef, by Chaim Soutine. c.1925. Canvas, 140.3 by 107.5 cm. (Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo; exh. Jewish Museum, New York).
Publication Received
Kandinsky: 1933–1944, les années parisiennes. Edited by Sophie Bernard
06/2018 | 1383 | 160
Pages: 526
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Reviewer:
Vernon, Jonathan (Vernon, Jonathan ; V., J.)
Subjects
artists:
Kandinsky, Wassily
dates:
1930-1939 / 1940-1949
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
places:
France / Paris / Grenoble
subjects:
Russian painting / Exhibition catalogues
Book Review
Alexei Jawlensky. Edited by Vivian Endicott Barnett
05/2018 | 1382 | 160
Pages: 434-435
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Reviewer:
Blood, Anne (Blood, Anne)
Subjects
artists:
Jawlensky, Alexej von / Repin, Ilya / Werefkin, Marianne / Münter, Gabriele / Matisse, Henri / Kandinsky, Wassily / Corinth, Lovis / Munch, Edvard / Gogh, Vincent van
dates:
1880-1889 / 1890-1899 / 1900-1949
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Neue Galerie, New York, United States
places:
Russia / Germany / Munich / Switzerland / United States / New York
subjects:
Russian painting / Expressionism / Colour / Influence / Entartete Kunst / Religious art / Exhibition catalogues
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Meditation: My spirit will live on, by Alexei Jawlensky. 1935. Oil on cardboard, 20 by 15 cm. (Museum Wiesbaden; © 2016 Artists Rights Society, New York).
Book Review
Russian Realisms: Literature and Painting, 1840–1890. By Molly Brunson
03/2018 | 1380 | 160
Pages: 258-259
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Reviewer:
Mardilovich, Galina (Mardilovich, Galina)
Subjects
artists:
Fedotov, Pavel / Perov, Vasily / Repin, Ilya
dates:
1840-1849 / 1850-1899
media:
Paintings / Books
places:
Russia
subjects:
Tolstoy, Leo / Russian painting / Realism / Mimesis / Literature / Literature in art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. The Zaporozhian cossacks writing a letter to the Turkish sultan, by Ilya Repin. 1880–91. Canvas, 203 by 358 cm. (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg).
Exhibition Review
Russian art 1917–32. London
05/2017 | 1370 | 159
Pages: 409-411
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Reviewer:
Spira, Andrew (Spira, Andrew)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019 / 1910-1919 / 1920-1929 / 1930-1939
museums and institutions:
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain
places:
London / England
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Russian painting / Soviet art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
52. Vladimir Lenin and a demonstration, by Isaak Brodsky. 1919 (State Historical Museum, Moscow; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London)
Attributed works:
53. Textile workers, by Alexander Deineka. 1927 (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London)
Attributed works:
54. Morning still life, by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin. 1918 (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London)
Attributed works:
55. Heads (human in the world), by Pavel Filonov. 1925-26 (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London)
Book Review
The Russian Canvas: Painting in Imperial Russia, 1757-1881, by Rosalind P. Blakesley
01/2017 | 1366 | 159
Pages: 49-50
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Reviewer:
Brunson, Molly (Brunson, Molly)
Subjects
dates:
1750-1799 / 1800-1899
subjects:
Russian painting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
45. Morning of the execution of the Streltsy, by Vasily Surikov. 1881 (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow)
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