Great Private Collections of Imperial Russia

Neverov, Oleg Yakovlevich; Piotrovsky, Mikhail Borisovich, Dr.; Romanov, H.H. Nicholas; ducamp, Emmanuel

ISBN 10: 0865652252 / ISBN 13: 9780865652255

Published by The Vendome Press, New York, 2004

About this Item

256 pages 344 illustrations 257 in color. Introductions by Dr. Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky and H.H. Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia and Emmanuel Duchamp, General Editor.

Seller Inventory # 024376

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Great Private Collections of Imperial Russia
• Publisher: The Vendome Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865652252
• ISBN 13: 9780865652255
• Binding: Cloth
• Condition: Fine Condition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Condition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture
  • Art: Collections

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Synopsis

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.

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.