The Avant-Gardists: Artists in Revolt in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union 1917-1935

by Sjeng Scheijn

October 1917. The Russian Revolution wipes the old tsarist empire off the map. Marc Chagall, Wassily Kandinsky, Kazimir Malevich, Lyubov Popova, Alexander Rodchenko, Olga Rozanova, Vladimir Tatlin, and other avant-garde artists participate in the revolutionary struggle, transforming inner cities with their progressive murals, posters, installations, and performances. The new political leaders soon want nothing to do with these radical artists. While...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500024553
• ISBN13: 9780500024553
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.4"