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This richly illustrated catalogue documents the exhibition organised by the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, in partnership with the State Russian Museum, St Petersburg. Featuring celebrated paintings by such pioneering artists as Wasilii Kandinsky, Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Natalia Goncharova, it also includes the work of more than twenty other innovative artists of the Russian avant-garde, some of whose art has rarely been reproduced in colour. These intriguing paintings are juxtaposed with native Russian arts and crafts, including religious icons, popular prints, textiles, and even children's toys, to explore the influence of folk art on the Russian avant-garde during the early decades of the twentieth century. These objects were avidly collected during this period by artists and intellectuals, who were aware of the gradual disintegration of peasant culture in Russia and eager to preserve its artifacts. Through a rich array of some seventy paintings, related folk art objects, and work

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Author

E N Petrova; Kenneth MacInnes; Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, Md.); Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.; Gosudarstvennyĭ russkiĭ muzeĭ (Saint Petersburg, Russia); Russian Avant-garde Foundation

Publisher

Palace Editions ; Distributed by Antique Collectors' Club (USA)

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780911886566

Category

history

Subjects

Art, History, Arts

Rating

5 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14