Exhibition at the museum
A Quest for Identity: Russian Art in the Second Half of the 19th Century
From September 20th, 2005 to January 08th, 2006
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Ivan Tsarevitch et le loup gris, 1889
Moscou, galerie Trétiakov
© A. Sergeeva, 1998 / DR
This quest for identity reached its peak in the Neo-Russian movement which drew-in all artistic disciplines and revolved around two centres of creativity: Abramtsevo near Moscow, and Talashkino near Smolensk. During the years 1905-1910, the Neo-Primitivist movement took up the baton with painters Goncharova, Larionov and Malevich and wood sculptors Golubkina and Konenkov.
The effect of these artists was to assure that the emerging avant-garde movements were rooted in the fecund heritage of ancient and modern Russia.
The exhibition is now over.
See the whole program