Russia and the Arts is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see masterpieces on loan from the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
The exhibition will focus on the great writers, artists, composers and patrons, including Tolstoy, Chekhov and Dostoevsky, whose achievements helped develop an extraordinary and rich cultural scene in Russia between 1867 and 1914. Read more.
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Leo Tolstoy (1884), Nikolai Ge. Image courtesy of State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Aleksei Pisemsky (1880), Ilia Repin Image courtesy of State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Anna Akhmatova (1914), Olga Della-Vos-Kardovskaia. Image courtesy of State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
In the Summer (1895), Valentin Serov. Image courtesy of State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Sophie Menter (1887), Ilia Repin. Image courtesy of State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
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