Brothers Ryabushinsky: from millionaires to junk dealers

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Brothers Ryabushinsky: from millionaires to junk dealers

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The long-awaited new book by the recognized art historian Natalia Semenova, best-selling author of The Morozov Brothers. Collectors who do not bargain?”, “Saga of the Shchukins. Collectors of masterpieces”, “Ilya Ostroukhov. Brilliant amateur”, biographer and author of the first complete catalogs of the Shchukin and Morozov collections The book is based on unique archival materials, diaries and family correspondence, many of which are published for the first time. A. Solzhenitsyn, the New York Public Library and other archives The history of the largest entrepreneurs of the Russian Empire at the beginning of the XNUMXth century could form the basis of an exciting drama. From serfs to merchants, from entrepreneurs to the richest bankers and manufacturers, patrons and collectors. Ryabushinsky combined, it would seem, difficult to combine: tradition and innovation, the Old Believers and interest in everything progressive. In this documentary novel, Natalia Semenova focuses on the contribution of her characters to the national culture. Stepan Ryabushinsky was a pioneer in the collection of ancient Russian icon painting, Vladimir was a passionate scribe and founder of the Icon society, Sergey tried his hand at sculpture, sister Lisa was fond of working on glass and translated Palladio's treatises from Italian, Evfemia commissioned murals from Valentin Serov and Mstislav Dobuzhinsky. Mikhail was a passionate collector of paintings and porcelain, Nikolai published the Golden Fleece literary and art magazine and organized exhibitions of contemporary art. Thanks to the memoirs and diaries of Mikhail Ryabushinsky, which he bequeathed to the New York Public Library, the author managed to restore a picture of the rich, happy at the turn of the era, but in the end the tragic fate of the Ryabushinsky family.

Barcode: 9785387018169 SKU: 70164272 Categories: ,
Publication language: Russian

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