Collections of Ivan and Mikhail Morozov
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Collections of Ivan and Mikhail Morozov
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Natalia Semenova, a renowned art historian and scientific advisor of the exhibition at the State Museum of Fine Arts "Brother Ivan. Natalia Semyonova writes about the life of the Moscow merchants Morozovs, their passion for art and the history of collecting, bringing together for the first time in one book the collections of two very different in character and tastes brothers.
Few people know that along with the richest collection of works by French painters and sculptors, the Morozov brothers' collections included works by Russian artists contemporary to them. For the first time, the Russian and foreign parts of each collection are presented together, allowing readers to familiarize themselves with the unique collections of Moscow textile magnates of the early twentieth century. Among the masterpieces of the French part of the collections are paintings by Monet and Renoir, Cézanne and Gauguin, Denis and Bonnard, Matisse and Picasso. Russian parts are represented by paintings by Vrubel, Levitan, Serov, Korovin, Golovin, Larionov and Chagall. For the first time, it is confirmed that dozens of paintings by Russian artists, once dispersed to various museums, come from the Ivan Morozov Collection. The catalog of the Morozov collection includes archival documents and photographs.
Few people know that along with the richest collection of works by French painters and sculptors, the Morozov brothers' collections included works by Russian artists contemporary to them. For the first time, the Russian and foreign parts of each collection are presented together, allowing readers to familiarize themselves with the unique collections of Moscow textile magnates of the early twentieth century. Among the masterpieces of the French part of the collections are paintings by Monet and Renoir, Cézanne and Gauguin, Denis and Bonnard, Matisse and Picasso. Russian parts are represented by paintings by Vrubel, Levitan, Serov, Korovin, Golovin, Larionov and Chagall. For the first time, it is confirmed that dozens of paintings by Russian artists, once dispersed to various museums, come from the Ivan Morozov Collection. The catalog of the Morozov collection includes archival documents and photographs.
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