Title: Zaveshchano Kazani : proizvedenii͡a izobrazitelʹnogo iskusstva iz sobranii͡a A.F. Likhacheva
Authors: Tatarstan (Russia).; Tatarstan Respublikasy dău̇lăt synly săngatʹ muzee
Publisher: Slavii͡a,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Likhachëv, A. F. Art collections Catalogs.; Tatarstan Respublikasy dău̇lăt synly săngatʹ muzee Exhibitions.; Tatarstan Respublikasy dău̇lăt synly săngatʹ muzee Catalogs.
Abstract: Andrei Fedorovich Likhachev built a substantial collection of Western European and Russian art: more than 300 works by Western European artists, and approximately 100 by Russian artists. Likhachev{u2019}s collection of Russian art covers Russian secular painting broadly and is spangled with a few masterpieces. He regularly acquired paintings from artists he knew personally, such as V.G. Khudiakov and I.I. Shishkin, and these artists are well represented in his collection. He was always seeking something new, and his tenacity led him to some genuine finds. Levitskii{u2019}s portrait of the merchant A.I. Borisov is an intimate and accomplished work by Russia{u2019}s first great portraitist. An early work by Tropinin, portrait of the dancer T.S. Karpakova, was exhibited in the famous exhibition initiated by Diagilev in 1905 at Tavricheskii Palace.^