Society of Russian Watercolors. 1880 - 1918

This publication is devoted to a little -studied page in the history of Russian art - the exhibition activities of the Society of Russian Waterlists (1880 - 1918) Archival evidence of an interesting era was first collected and systematized, reflected not only in the plots and names of the works cited in the catalogs of the exhibitions, but also in the fate of their authors. The spectrum of names of participants in the expositions is unusually wide - from famous masters (V.D. Polenov, I.E. Repin, K.A. Somov, M.V. Nesterov, entire families of Makovsky and Benois) to modest lovers and young beginner artists who are who It was necessary to declare themselves already in the post -revolutionary years.
The book is equipped with biographical certificates and reproductions of works. It is intended for art historians, it can interest everyone who would like to get acquainted with little -known information about the artistic life of Russia of the turn of the 19th and twentieth centuries