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The Russian Invasion of Paris by Sergey Shchukin 


The story behind the magnificent collections of early C20 from Western Europe, now to be seen in Russia, in the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg and the Pushkin Museum in Moscow.

‘The Russian Invasion of Paris by Sergey Shchukin’ details the way that Shchukin (1854-1930) collected and commissioned a superb collection of contemporary European art, which influenced a whole generation of young Russian artists. His collecting of Matisse overtook that of the Stein family (see Gertrude’s Flowers) and pushed up the prices in the art market. Since the Russian Revolution many of the now priceless works of Impressionsism and post-Impressionism in the collection have come into State ownership, making a visit to Russia imperative for all serious art-lovers.

Commissioned for the Art Room, Topsham 


The Russian Invasion of Paris by Sergey Shchukin

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      • Manet
      • Edgar Degas
      • Pierre Bonnard
      • Henri Matisse
      • Francis Bacon
      • Christopher Wood
      • Sidney Nolan
    • Great Collectors >
      • Sergey Shchukin
      • Gertrude Stein
    • Renaissance >
      • Early Renaissance Art Florence
      • Painters of Perfection
      • Ten Treasures of the Uffizi
      • Portinari Altarpiece
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      • The nude in art
      • Portraiture
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