Russian Art of the 1860s: Painting, Graphic Art and Sculpture

Anton Chekhov looked back on the 1860s as a "hallowed time." This book is devoted to works of painting, graphic art, sculpture and applied art from this decade, painting a comprehensive picture of one of the most exciting periods in Russian culture. The publication includes two articles on the art of the 1860s, discussing the creations of such leading masters as Fyodor Vasilyev, Nikolai Ge, Ivan Kramskoi, Konstantin Makovsky, Grigory Myasoyedov, Vasily Perov and Ivan Shishkin and other lesser-known artists - Eugene Gustav Ducker, Carl Gun, Lev Kamenev and Vasily Pukirev. The texts are supplemented by an article on the history of the collection of the art of the 1860s in the Russian Museum, a chronicle of the period, an album section, a catalogue of works and biographies of artists (many accompanied by archive portraits).