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Prior to the Revolution of 1917, Russia had one of the greatest traditions of private art collecting in the world. The first great collections were created by the aristocracy, and then by the newly rich industrialists and businessmen in the 19th century. Finally came the 'Merchant Princes', who were among the first and most important collectors of Impressionist and Modern Art. After 1917, all these collections were confiscated by the State, put into reserves in Moscow and Leningrad, and eventually integrated into the collections of the State Hermitage, the Tretiakov Museum, the Pushkin Museum and other institutions. This beautiful, all-colour book recreates the collections as they were, describes how they were made and by whom, and offers not only stunning photographs of the great treasures themselves, but portraits of the owners, illustrations of the exteriors and interiors of their palaces as they were when the collections were in situ. Superb images of the cream of each collection follows each one's history.
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About the Author
Mikhail Piotrovsky is the Director of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg. Oleg Neverov is widely published art historian. His book The Hermitage: Essays on the History of the Collection has been a bestseller in several languages.
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- PublisherThames and Hudson Ltd
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0500511829
- ISBN 13 9780500511824
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages256
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Great private collections of Imperial Russia / Mikhail Piotrovsky and Oleg Neverov
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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 320 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm. Notes; Includes bibliography and index. Audience; specialized. Contents; Private collections : the origin of museums / by Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky -- Family collecting / by Nicholas Romanov -- Private galleries as a public service / by Emmanuel Ducamp -- The emergence of private collections in Russia : Peter the Great and his inner circle -- Collectors from the aristocracy, old and new -- Servants of the State and Russian collectors abroad -- Merchant princes of the Moscow renaissance. Subjects; Art Private collections Russia (Federation). Art Private collections. Art, Modern Russia 18th century. Art, Modern Russia 19th century. Modernism (Art) Russia 18th century. Modernism (Art) Russia 19th century. Collectors and collecting Russia History. Art Private collections Russia (Federation). Art Collectors and collecting Russia (Federation). Collectors and Collecting - Russia. Art Private collections Russia. Art Private collections Russia (Federation) History. Art Collectors and collecting Russia (Federation) History. Art, Russian. Russia Antiquities. Russia (Federation). Russia Arts History. Russia Cultural history. Russia. Collectors and collecting - Russia. Art - Russia - 18th/19th/20th centuries - (1700-1914). Genres; Illustrated. 2 Kg. Seller Inventory # 362430
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