Ryabushinsky brothers: from millionaires to junk dealers
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Ryabushinsky brothers: from millionaires to junk dealers
29.99 €
The long-awaited new book by the recognized art historian Natalia Semenova, author of the bestsellers "The Morozov Brothers. Collectors who do not bargain?", "Saga of the Shchukins. Collectors of masterpieces", "Ilya Ostroukhov. Genius dilettante", biographer and author of the first full catalogs of collections Shchukin and Morozovs The book is based on unique archival materials, diaries and family correspondence, many of which are published for the first time Fascinating narrative is illustrated with photographs and documents from the State Historical Library, the House of Russian Abroad. A. Solzhenitsyn, the New York Public Library and other archives The history of the largest entrepreneurs of the Russian Empire in the early twentieth century could be the basis of an exciting drama. From serfs to merchants, from entrepreneurs to the richest bankers and manufacturers, patrons of the arts and collectors. The Ryabushinskys combined the seemingly difficult to combine: tradition and innovation, Old Believers and interest in all things progressive. In this documentary novel, Natalia Semyonova focuses on the contribution to domestic culture of her heroes. Stepan Ryabushinsky was a pioneer collector of Old Russian iconography, Vladimir was a passionate scribe and founder of the "Icon" society, Sergei tried his hand at sculpture, his sister Liza was fond of glass work and translated Palladio's treatises from Italian, Euphemia ordered paintings for Valentin Serov and Mstislav Dobuzhinsky. Mikhail was a passionate collector of paintings and porcelain, Nicholas published the literary and art magazine "Golden Fleece" and organized exhibitions of modern art. Thanks to the memoirs and diaries of Mikhail Ryabushinsky, which he bequeathed to the New York Public Library, the author has managed to reconstruct a picture of the Ryabushinsky family's rich, happy at the turn of the epoch, but ultimately tragic fate.
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