Ann Dumas

Antonina W. Bouis

Tim Marlow

Natalia Murray

Milner, John

Rebecca Bray

Beatrice Gullström

Alison Hissey

Carola Krueger

Peter Sawbridge

Nick Tite

Ruth Addison

'Revolution: Russian Art, 1917-1932' encapsulates a momentous period in Russian history that is vividly expressed in the diversity of art produced between 1917, the year of the October Revolution, and 1932 when Stalin began to suppress the avant-garde and its debates. Based around the great exhibition of 1932 held at the State Russian Museum in Leningrad, the book explores the fascinating themes and artistic developments of the first fifteen years of the Soviet state, including painting, sculpture, ceramics, posters, graphics and film. The exhibition itself was to be the swansong of avant-garde art in Russia: new policies quickly ensured that Socialist Realism - collective in production, public in manifestation and Communist in ideology - was to become the only acceptable art form. This volume is a timely and authoritative exploration of how modern art in all its forms flourished, was recognised, celebrated, and broken by implacable authority all within fifteen years.

Russian art 1917-1932

Revolution

The first biography of Nikolay Punin, this book offers a comprehensive analysis of his life in the context of Russian political, social and cultural history in the first half of the 20th century.

The Life and Times of Nikolay Punin

The Unsung Hero of the Russian Avant-Garde: The Life and Times of Nikolay Punin

An exploration of the mythology and reality of post-revolutionary proletarian art in Russia as well as its expression in the festive decorations of Petrograd between 1917 and 1920.

Proletarian Art and Festive Decorations of Petrograd 1917-1920

Art for the Workers

Natalia Murray

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