THE ITINERANTS The Masters Of Russian Realism

Founded in the late 19th- early 20th century. Schools and Movements. The Society for Itinerant Art Exhibitions (known as Peredvizhniki in Russian) consisted of a group of realist painters who decided that the best way for their work to be seen was to hold exhibitions in the Salon style of the French painters of the time. This group of Russian painters, whose work is little known in the West, was the most remarkable in the history of Russian art. These painters thought the best way for their work to be seen was to hold exhibitions in the Salon style of the French painters of the time, but in the form of traveling shows which moved around Russia; This helped to popularize their work, and Russian art in general, helping them to sell their paintings, thus finance their work. The painters traveled with the exhibitions, recording the lives and customs of their fellow countrymen, and providing an insight into life in Tsarist Russia, right up until the 1918 Revolution. Out Of Print. Condition. Fine. Light tipped front cover corners. Edge wear with two tiny tears top back cover.