{"product_id":"the-avant-gardists-artists-in-revolt-in-the-russian-empire-and-the-soviet-union-1917-1935-9780500024553","title":"The Avant-Gardists: Artists in Revolt in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union 1917-1935","description":"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 their reputation is growing in Europe, they experience increasing pressure in the Soviet Union.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Against a background of violent social and political change, Sjeng Scheijen describes with compassion and humor the events that shaped the artistic revolution in \u003cem\u003eThe Avant-Gardists\u003c\/em\u003e, the first illustrated biography to relate the rise and fall of the leading figures of the Russian avant-garde. From philosophical and political subversion, involvement with the Bolshevik administration, and links with Europe to violent repression, incarcerations, and torture in the 1930s under Stalin, events are narrated through artists' personal memories, drawn from existing and important new archival findings. Excerpts from diaries and correspondence reveal the extent of the avant-garde's energy and determination to survive a totalitarian regime, civil war, hunger, and terror.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Scheijen's vivid, dynamic style; authoritative command of his source material; and extensive original research provide exceptional insight into the lives of these avant-gardists, whose art transformed modern art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sjeng Scheijen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thames \u0026amp; Hudson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.44h x 6.36w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780500024553\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/24\/2024 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eScheijen, Sjeng:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eSjeng Scheijen\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Dutch author and an internationally acclaimed expert on Russian art. He has curated several important exhibitions in London, Groeningen, and elsewhere. He is the former cultural attaché to the Netherlands Embassy in Moscow. His previous book, \u003cem\u003eDiaghilev: A Life\u003c\/em\u003e, received much critical acclaim, being described as \"masterful\" by \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e and \"magnificent\" by the \u003cem\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43750486573171,"sku":"9.7805E+12","price":47.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_ede4587c-cb0d-4e68-99fc-526a0d9c4947.jpg?v=1756464131","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-avant-gardists-artists-in-revolt-in-the-russian-empire-and-the-soviet-union-1917-1935-9780500024553","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}