Leonid Pasternak, the Russian Years, 1875-1921: Text

Leonid Pasternak, the Russian Years, 1875-1921: Text
Author: Rimgaila Salys
Publisher:
Total Pages: 560
Release: 1999
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Leonid Pasternak (1862-1945) was an important Russian artist with a reputation as a fine portraitist. This fully illustrated catalogue raisonne covers much of the best of his oeuvre and contains over 2,000 items. The art historical introduction sets his work in the context of European art, and a biographical sketch has been written in close collaboration with surviving members of the artist's family.

A.C.I.: Painting, sculpture, works on paper, prints, contemporary media

A.C.I.: Painting, sculpture, works on paper, prints, contemporary media
Author: Noelle Corboz
Publisher: Jrp Ringier
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2009
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Art Catalogue Index (A.C.I.) aims to provide a comprehensive list of all the catalogues raisonnés and reviews on artists born between 1780 and the postwar period. This first edition is focused on the so-called 'modern' period. It starts with the birth of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, in 1780 in Montauban, who competed for the Prix de Rome in 1800 with his contemporaries; he therefore both witnessed and took part in this turning point in time which opened the gates of the 'modern' period, and which led up to today and contemporary art. Published with BFAS, Geneva, and Thierry Meaudre, Paris. English text.

Boris Pasternak: Volume 1, 1890-1928

Boris Pasternak: Volume 1, 1890-1928
Author: Christopher Barnes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 536
Release: 1989-11-09
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780521259576

This authoritative new biography of the Russian poet and prose writer Boris Pasternak is the first part of a two-volume set, covering the period 1890-1928. Drawing on archives and many eyewitness accounts, Barnes' study sheds light on currently unexplored aspects of Pasternak's character and family background, and his artistic, social and historical environment. He combines biographical investigation with detailed textual analysis of translated quotations in verse and prose to reveal the source of Pasternak's extraordinary writings. The book examines a wide range of topics that include his musical enthusiasm and relations with Scriabin, his philosophical studies, his activities in World War I and his response to the 1917 revolutions, and his stance as a liberal artistic intellectual in the 1920s.