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From Moscow to Murnau: Marianne von Werefkin's early works led to her being called 'the Russian Rembrandt', but after she moved to Germany in 1896 she assumed an important place in the European avant-garde. Averil King introduces a painter who has long be
[FIGURE 1 OMITTED] [FIGURE 1 OMITTED] [FIGURE 2 OMITTED] 'I love what does not exist.' So wrote Marianne von Werefkin in her Lettres a un...
Apollo, 05/01/09 by Averil King · More from publication -
Russia's soul in paint: Averil King welcomes a well-illustrated account of Ilya Repin's powerful, virtuoso art
The Russian Vision: The Art of Ilya Repin David Jackson BAI, 40 [pounds sterling] ISBN 9085860016 The Russian Vision: The Art of Ilya Repin David...
Apollo, 10/01/07 by Averil King · More from publication -
Painting on a perch: parrots are an enduring theme in European art, as Averil King learned at an unusual exhibition at the Barber Institute
Parrots have long been treasured as exotic pets: Alexander the Great owned a green parrot with a rose-pink collar and blue cheeks (later known as...
Apollo, 04/01/07 by Averil King · More from publication -
Russian wanderers: Averil King welcomes a sensitive, thoughtful account of Russia's most significant 19th-century group of artists
Afoggy region for many of us, 19th-century Russian history needs to be understood in outline before we can appreciate the significance of the era's...
Apollo, 01/01/07 by Averil King · More from publication -
Russian painting: international auction houses are expanding their Russian departments as the country's new super-rich buy back their heritage
Christie's and Sotheby's have been waxing positively fulsome about Russian paintings this winter. Justifiably so, because there has been so sudden...
Apollo, 04/01/06 by Averil King · More from publication -
An exotic awakening: the art of Dod Procter: in 1926 the Newlyn painter Dod Procter achieved sudden fame with Morning, still her best-known work. Averil King explores the ways in which Procter's depictions of women and of flowers were influenced by her ex
When her painting Morning was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1927, the Newlyn artist Dod Procter became famous overnight (Fig. 1). A composition...
Apollo, 01/01/06 by Averil King · More from publication -
Levitan and the silver birch
Isaak Levitan's paintings are a highlight of the exhibition of Russian landscapes from the age of Tolstoy currently at the National Gallery,...
Apollo, 07/01/04 by Averil King · More from publication
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