Russia and the arts
Subtitle: the age of Tolstoy and Tchaikovsky
By: Rosalind P. Blakesley
Contributors: Karpova, Tatʹi︠a︡na, author; National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain); Gosudarstvennai︠a︡ Tretʹi︠a︡kovskai︠a︡ galerei︠a︡
Publisher: National Portrait Gallery
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9781855145375
Subjects: Russian Painting; Russian Portrait painting; Exhibitions; Biography; Portraits
Description: This book explores the history of Russian portraiture between 1872 and 1914 with reference to a variety of important works held by the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. This national collection was founded in 1856 by Pavel Tretyakov, who took a keen interest in portraiture and set out to create a pantheon of famous Russians by commissioning portraits of prominent thinkers, writers, scientists, artists, actors, composers and musicians by the most outstanding painters of the day.
Notes: "Published [catalog] to accompany the exhibition 'Russia and the arts: the age of Tolstoy and Tchaikovsky' at the Nation Portrait Gallery, London, from 17 March to 26 June 2016."

Includes bibliographical references (page 164-165) and index.
Table of contents: title: Forewords -- -- 1.; title: From humble origins to favour at court -- -- 2.; title: A coming of age -- -- 3.; title: The quest for Russian distinction -- -- 4.; title: Engaging with modernism -- -- 5.; title: A country in Crisis --; title: The portrait gallery of Pavel Tretyakov  -- Tatiana Karpova; title: The State Tretyakov Gallery --; title: Acknowledgments --; title: Bibliography --; title: Picture credits --; title: Index.