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Make an appointment to view this collection of original Russian Art Contact Elena Kohn
Art Buy, Art Sell, Art Auction
Hello, we are pleased
to announce the publishing of Elena Kohn's book "The Hidden World of
Russian Impressionism: The Soviet Era 1940-1960"
A fine collection of original Russian art oil paintings in Scottsdale, AZ
Destined to become an
important contribution to works focusing on Russian Impressionism,
Kohn's book is divided into five chapters: 1) Art Defined by History 2)
Impressionist Parallels: Russia Develops An Unique Interpretation 3)
Artistic Education in the Former Soviet Union
4) Secrets of Russian Impressionism of the Soviet Era 5) Materials and
Technology.
"Two unique aspects make Elena's book a very important contribution to the
Russian Impressionist oeuvre and its original Russian Art in Scottsdale, AZ," points out David Tooker, Executive
Director/Curator of the West Valley Art Museum. "First of all, her
father -- a leader of the Russian Union of Artists -- knew many of the
artists whose work the book is based on, personally He collected their
works, which he sent to his daughter in the United States after the
breakup of the Soviet Union." Tooker, who wrote a preface to the book,
adds "Elena graduated from Moscow University and what is often described
as the "last great classic art education system" of the 20th century.
"The insight she provides into the Soviet Russian art instruction is truly
unique as well as totally fascinating"
Anthony Lacy Gully, Ph.D., Herberger College of Fine Art at Arizona
State University, also wrote a preface to Kohn's book. "His (Elena's
father) decision to protect his collection by sending the threatened
original Russian oil paintings to his daughter in Scottsdale, Arizona has afforded an American audience
an opportunity to see and study a side of Russian fine art that lies outside
the definition of the approved Socialist Realist art," stresses the
School of Art professor.
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