This splendid volume treats the Russian paintings of the 20's and 30's. 182 paintings are reproduced on magnificent full-color plates. While most of the text is in Russian, there is an English summary of the introduction, and the name of each painting and its artist appears in both languages. Artists represented include (here in alphabetical order) Adlivankin, Altman, Annenkov, Arkgipov, Baksheyev, Baranov-Rossine, Bebutova, Bibikov, Bogayevsky, Bogorodsky, Brodsky, Burlyuk, Bychkov, Chagall, Chebotaryov, Chekrygin, Cheptsov, Chernyshov, Chupyatov, Deineka, Dormidontov, Drevin, Ender, Exter, Falk, Filonov, Fonvizin, Frentz, Fyodorov, Gerasimov, Gerasimov, Golovin, Goncharov, Grabar, Grigoryev, Grinberg, Gurkin (Choros), Guryev, Ionin, Istomin, Ivanovsky, Kandinsky, Karyov, Kashkin, Konchalovsky, Korin, Kotov, Kozlov, Krymov, Kuprin, Kuptsov, Kustodiev, Kuznetsov, Labas, Lanceray, Lapshin, Lebedev, Lentulov, Lizak, Luchishkin, Malagis, Malevich, Malyutin, Malyutin, Mashkov, Matyushin, Medunetsky, Midler, Milovidov, Nesterov, Nikritin, Nissky, Osmyorkin, Pakulin, Pavlov, Perutsky, Pestel, Petrovichev, Petrov-Vodkin, Pimenov, Pokarzhevsky, Popova, Puny, Pyotr Osolodkov, Radlov, Razumovskaya, Redko, Rodchenko, Romanovich, Rozhdestvensky, Rudakov, Rusakov, Ryangina, Rybchenkov, Rylov, Samokhvalov, Savitsky, Semashkevich, Serebryakova, Shchipitsyn, Shchukin, Shegal, Shenderov, Shevchenko, Shukhayev, Sinezubov, Sokolov, Somov, Stenberg, Sterenberg, Sukov, Tatlin, Terpsikhorov, Turzhansky, Tyrsa, Tyshler, Udaltsova, Ulyanov, Utkin, Vedernikov, Volkov, Williams, Yakovlev, Yefanov, Yegorov, Yermolayev, Yevgratov, Yuon, Zaklikovskaya, and Zefirov. There is an index of the works at the back of the book.
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