International studio (30.1906/1907(1907))

The Exhibition of Russian Art in Paris
ruined ramparts raising
their heads amid deserts
of stone; Petrovitcheff,
who in like manner chants
so feelingly the melancholy
of the winter landscapes of
the North; and Koustodieff,
another artist who strives
to express textually the
spectacles which strike his
eye; also Yuon, whose woik
is marked by great technical
skill—and many others.
It has been urged against
this exhibition that it was
not complete, in that it
neglected several contem-
porary Russian artists. Be
model by prince paul troubetzkoy that as it may, I hold that


by one of his Barques en
peche panels, and several
little canvases painted with
truly extraordinary vigour
and “go.”
An immense panel by
Vroubel suffered for lack
of the space needed to see
it properly, but several
smaller works gave one the
opportunity to appreciate
the achievement of the
celebrated Russian decora-
tor. Golovine seemed to
me to be well represented
by his Decors, which well
illustrate his conception of
decorative painting. Pro-
minent also were the two
Milliottis, Perepletchikoff
and Seroff, who is certainly
a most powerful colourist.
Then we had Soudeikine
and Ryloff, a good land-
scapist ; Grabar, whose
harmonies resemble those
of Le Sidaner; Mile. Bak-
lund, who loves to paint
great forests buried in
winter’s snow; Kousnet-
zoff; and Bogaievsky, the
painter of desolate land-
scapes, of towns with


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