Title: Russia's unknown Orient : orientalist painting 1850-1920 /
Authors: Atroshchenko, Olʹga,; Kouteinikova, Inessa,; Wageman, Patty,; Bagdami͡an, Irina,; Bulatov, V. Ė,; Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, David; Solovʹeva, Karina,; Groninger Museum,
Publisher: Groninger Museum ; NAI Publishers,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Painting, Russian Exhibitions; Painting, Russian Exhibitions; Orientalism in art Russia.; Orient In art Exhibitions.
Abstract: The Groninger Museum has established a reputation for its successful exhibitions about nienteenth-century Russian art. This is the fifth major exhibition that the Groninger Museum has devoted to Russian art in recent years, continuing the series of exceptional presentations of Ilya Repin's oeuvre, Russian landscapes, the circle around Diaghilev and the exhibition on 'Russian legends, folk tales and fairy tales', which was highly popular with families. In this exhibition the Groninger Museum turns the spotlight on the symbolic, aesthetic and moral aspects of Russia's orient. Exhibition: Groninger Museum (19.12.2010-8.5.2011).