Studio: international art (85.1923)

STUDIO-TALK

“ IN AN INDIAN FOREST ”
FROM AN ORIGINAL LITHO-
GRAPH BY V. VATAGHIN

in Russia during and after the War.

Parallel with this movement, something
like a revival of the art of original litho-
graphy is now to be observed in this
country, but while the wood-engravers
have concentrated chiefly at Moscow,
the new lithographic work has come
into existence, for the greater part, at
Petrograd. a a a a a

Hiiherto original lithography has been
practised only by very few Russian con-
temporary artists—for instance, by L.
Pasternak, whose lithos are not quite un-
known to the readers of this magazine.
But within the last few months there have
appeared, almost simultaneously, a whole
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series of lithographic portfolios, all pub-
lished at the former Imperial capital on
the Neva by the Committee for the
Popularisation of Artistic Publications.
The beginning was made by Boris Kusto-
diev, the well-known painter and por-
trayer of Russian provincial life, with his
collection of Sixteen Autolithographs,
giving very clever and varied compositions
in this line. At the same time appeared a
very beautiful booklet containing six
little poems of Nekrassov (published by
“ Akvilon,” Ltd.), and excellently illus-
trated in lithography also by Kustodiev.
The second portfolio was consecrated to
Petrograd and composed of twelve