Chagall to Malevich: The Russian Avant-Gardes

Hardback

Main Details

Title Chagall to Malevich: The Russian Avant-Gardes
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Evgenia Petrova
By (author) Klaus Albrecht Schroeder
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:312
Dimensions(mm): Height 300,Width 245
Category/GenreArt and design styles - from c 1900 to now
ISBN/Barcode 9783777425771
ClassificationsDewey:709.470904
Audience
General
Illustrations Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout

Publishing Details

Publisher Hirmer Verlag
Imprint Hirmer Verlag
Publication Date 6 June 2016
Publication Country Germany

Description

The Russian Avant-Garde, which brought about an artistic revolution between 1905 and 1934, represents one of the most fascinating chapters in the history of 20th-century art. Artists like Malevich, Kandinsky and Chagall are highly esteemed the world over. But this movement was much more diverse than is generally realised. For the first time this artistic wealth is being presented in a major sequence of pictures. 140 masterpieces of painting demonstrate the parallel development of widely different styles, design principles and aesthetic ideas. The avant-garde artists influenced each other or were sometimes in conflict with each other. At the same time you could find advocates of representational Expressionism and supporters of pure abstraction; styles like Primitivism, Cubo-Futurism and Suprematism followed each other in succession. Surprising contrasts of works by different artists demonstrate the differences, so that the successive conflicting -isms are clearly demonstrated. Through this visual confrontation the picture of all the many different forms of Russian avant-garde come alive.

Author Biography

Klaus Albrecht Schoeder is an Austrian art historian and the director of the Albertina, Vienna.