RUSSIAN ART+ CULTURE
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RUSSIAN ART WEEK, LONDON 23-30 NOVEMBER 2018 Russian Art Week Guide, oktober 2018
CONTENTS Russian Sale Icons, Fine Art and Antiques
AUCTION IN COPENHAGEN PREVIEW IN LONDON FRIDAY 30 NOVEMBER AT 2 PM Shapero Modern 32 St George Street London W1S 2EA
24 november: 2 pm - 6 pm 25 november: 11 am - 5 pm 26 november: 9 am - 6 pm
THIS ISSUE
WELCOME RUSSIAN WORKS ON PAPER By Natasha Butterwick...... 3 1920’s-1930’s...... 12
AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS FEATURED EVENTS...... 14 By Simon Hewitt...... 4 RUSSIAN TREASURES IN THE AUCTION SALES ROYAL COLLECTION Christie's, Sotheby's...... 8 Interview with Caroline de Guitaut...... 24 For more information please contact MacDougall's, Bonhams...... 9 Martin Hans Borg on +45 8818 1128 Bruun Rasmussen, Roseberys ...... 10 RA+C RECOMMENDS...... 30 or [email protected] Stockholms Auktionsverk ...... 11 PARTNERS...... 32
Above: Georgy Rublev, Anti-capitalist picture "Demonstration", 1932. Tempera on paper, 30 x 38 cm COPENHAGEN, DENMARK TEL +45 8818 1111 Cover: Laurits Regner Tuxen, The Marriage of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 26th November 1894, 1896 BRUUN-RASMUSSEN.COM Credit: Royal Collection Trust/ © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018
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WELCOME Russian Art Week, yet again, strong collection of 19th century Russian provides the necessary Art featuring first-class work by Makovsky cultural bridge between and Pokhitonov, whilst MacDougall's, who Russia and the West at a time continue to provide our organisation with of even worsening relations fantastic support, have a large array of between the two. We are masterpieces, with works by Ilya Kabakov, therefore doubly proud to a truly seminal early oainting by Petr present two exhibitions of note during Russian Konchalovsky ‘The Game of Billiards’ Art Week. Soviet Art of 1920’s - 1930’s depicting the artict himself and his fellow was not just about the greats, Malevich or artist Aristarkh Lentulov playing billiards Filonov, there was also a vibrant movement of painted by the former. so-called second-tier artists, a collection of -- which we are displaying. Further to that, we In our booklet is an edited version, the full 26 JAN 03 FEB 2019 have a comprehensive overview of the work version is on our site, of a revealing interview of Marevna (Maria Vorobeiff) courtesy of with Caroline de Guitaut, co-curator of our co-sponsor, Roseberys Auction House. Russia: Royalty & the Romanovs at The Marevna lived a fabulously bohemian life, Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace. In a mixing with the great and the good, giving major scoop for Russian Art and Culture, BRUSSELS birth to a daughter Marika by a Mexican Caroline discusses the forthcoming exhibition Artist Diego Rivera, later settling into the of Russian treasures from the Royal — save the date — life of anEnglish country gentlewoman at Collection and emphasises the importance of Athelhampton Manor. The presented esoteric culture in relations between Britain and Russia and evocative pictures are sourced from the over many centuries. ONE OF THE MOST studio collection of Marevna. The Russian auctions bring forth a number Natasha Butterwick INSPIRING FAIRS of highlights. Sotheby’s have a particularly [email protected] IN THE WORLD [email protected] RUSSIAN A R T + CULTURE [email protected] The world’s leading platform for Russian art and cultural events. twitter, Instagram & facebook: @RusArtCulture
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RA+C SALES PREVIEW NOVEMBER 2018 – Simon Hewitt
Our International Editor Simon Hewitt surveys the anticipated highlights
1977 by her father George from Falk’s widow Boris Anisfeld Angelina (est. £200,000-300,000). It was The Garden of Hesperides, 1914-1916 shown in Moscow in 1958 and 1966, and at est. £300,000-400,000 the Tretyakov’s blockbuster Costakis show in Schedrin’s 1827 Moonlight over Naples 2014/15. (£450,000-600,000), advertised on page 15, Repin’s Portrait of the Violinist Cecilia Hansen (est. £400,000-600,000), and Anisfeld’s Garden of Hesperides (£300,000- 400,000).
Konstantin Makovsky Christie’s have Aivasovsky's 1873 Venice Blind Man's Bluff, at Sunset (est. £400,000-600,000), est. £2,000,000-3,000,000
PICTURES Sotheby’s lead with Makovsky’s huge Blind Man’s Buff, first exhibited at the St Petersburg Ilya Repin Academy in 1900 and crammed with lavishly Portrait of the Violinist Cecilia Hansen, £400,000-600,000 dressed characters (est. £2-3m). Pirosmani’s Georgian Woman wearing a Lechaki, Konchalovsky stars at MacDougall’s sale with acquired by Stefan Zweig during his trip to the a Game of Billiards (1918) featuring the artist USSR in 1928 (est. £500,000-700,000), himself with his big pal Aristarkh Lentulov, Robert Falk Ivan Aivazovsky rubs shoulders with Falk’s portrait of 20 Greek Woman (Portrait of Inna Costakis), 1955. expected to climb to £1.5-2m (advertised Venice at sunset, 1873 year-old Inna Costakis (1955), acquired in £250,000-350,000 on the back cover). Other highlights include est. £400,000-600,000
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Coincidentally, the same Boyar Wedding embellishes a silver-gilt and enamel calling- card tray attributed to Rückert (Moscow c.1900) to be offered atBonhams , with scrolled handles topped by chrysoprase cabochons (est. £200,000-300,000).
Bonhams also have a gold and enamel Fabergé kovsh by Michael Perchin (1896) Marie Vorobieff (Marevna) A silver-gilt and enamel calling-card tray, circa 1900 presented to the Victor Albert, 3rd Baron Portrait of Catherine Nolan, reclining on a chaise longe, 1972 £200,000-30,000 est. £5.000-8.000 Churchill (1864-1934), by Tsar Nicholas II at A tiara, by Bolin of St Petersburg, 1898 Balmoral on 3 October 1896 (est. £70,000- est. €200,000-270,000 Repin’s portrait of his wife Vera reading (est. grandson. Marevna lived in Dorset and Ealing 90,000). £150,000-200,000), and a Kustodiev after World War II. a Soviet propaganda porcelain plate known Model from 1919 (£250,000-350,000). Christie’s are presenting an enamelled silver as The Accordion Player. WORKS OF ART wedding kovsh by Rückert; a pair of early 19th
Meanwhile Roseberys in West Norwood Items from the Rostropovich-Vishnevskaya century Imperial porcelain vases with painted Meanwhile in Copenhagen, on November are to offer 323 works from the studio of Collection at Sotheby’s include a cello made decoration after Philips Wouwerman; and 30, Bruun Rasmussen celebrate their Marie Vorobieff (1892-1984), better known in Turin by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini in 70th anniversary with a sapphire tiara as Marevna, formerly owned by her late 1783, with characteristically intense red- presented by Tsar Nicholas II to the future brown varnish (est. £1-1.5m). Colourful Queen Alexandrine of Denmark at her enamels from the 16th-18th centuries, made wedding in 1898 and consigned by her in Solvychegodsk (between Volgoda and great-granddaughters. The tiara, by Bolin of Arkhangelsk), include a late 17th century St Petersburg, is adorned with eight oval- casket with flowers and bird decor (est. cut Ceylon sapphires and both mine and £6,000-8,000), and a large silver kovsh single-cut diamonds, and described as the dated 1703, incorporating a portrait of Peter ‘most interesting Russian objet d’art Bruun the Great (est. £30,000-50,000). Rasmussen have ever had’ by the firm’s Russian specialist Martin Hans Borg. It will be shown in Sotheby’s multi-provenance sale includes An Imperial presentation jewelled, gold, enamel and London, at Shapiro Modern, from November a silver-gilt and enamel casket by Rückert hardstone Kovsh, circa 1896 £70,000-90,000 24-26 (est. €200,000-270,000). (Moscow c.1900) set with rubies and emeralds,
A large silver kovsh, 1703 its lid painted with a copy of Makovsky’s Boyar Read the full text of the interview on our site: £30,000-50,000 Wedding (est. £150,000-200,000). www.russianartandculture.com/rac-sales-preview-november-2018
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IMPORTANT RUSSIAN ART IMPORTANT RUSSIAN ART AUCTION 26 NOVEMBER | 10:30 & 14:00 28 NOVEMBER | 10:30
VIEWING: VIEWING: 23 November 9:00-16:30 23 November 16:00-17:30 24 November 12:00-17:00 24 November 11:00-17:30 25 November 12:00-17:00 25 November 11:00-17:30 26 November 11:00-17:30 27 November 11:00-17:30
Christie’s, 8 King Street, St James’s, London SW1Y 6QT MacDougall’s, Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 7LP Tel: +44 (0) 20 7839 9060 Website: www.christies.com Tel: +44 (0) 20 7389 8160 Website: www.macdougallauction.com
RUSSIAN PICTURES THE RUSSIAN SALE 27 NOVEMBER | 10:30 28 NOVEMBER | 15:00 RUSSIAN WORKS OF ART, FABERGÉ & ICONS 27 NOVEMBER | 14:30 VIEWING: ROSTROPOVICH & VISHNEVSKAYA: A PRIVATE COLLECTION 25 November 11:00-15:00 28 NOVEMBER | 10:30 26 November 9:00-16:30 27 November 9:00-16:30 VIEWINGS: 28 November 9:00-12:30 23 November: 9:00 - 16:30 25 November: 12:00-17:00 24 November: 12:00-17:00 26 November: 9:00 - 16:30
Sotheby’s, 34-35 New Bond Street, London W1A 2AA Bonhams, 101 New Bond Street, London W1S 1SR Tel: +44 (0) 20 7293 5000 Website: www.sothebys.com Tel: +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Website: www.bonhams.com 8 www.russianartandculture.com www.russianartandculture.com 9 AUCTION / SALES AUCTION SALES RUSSIAN ART AUCTIONS RUSSIAN ART AUCTIONS
RUSSIAN SALE: ICONS, FINE ART & ANTIQUES IN IMPORTANT SALE OF FINE ART AND ANTIQUES COPENHAGEN 5 DECEMBER | 13:00 30 NOVEMBER | 14:00 VIEWING: VIEWING IN COPENHAGEN: 22 - 23 November 29 November - 4 December
VIEWING IN LONDON: 24 November: 14:00 - 18:00 25 November: 11:00 - 17:00 26 November: 9:00 - 18:00 Shapero Modern, 32 St George Street, London W1S 2EA
Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers, Bredgade 33, Copenhagen, Denmark Stockholms Auktionsverk, Nybrogatan 32 114 39 Stockholm, Sweden Tel: +45 8818 1111 Website: www.bruun-rasmussen.com Tel: +46 8 453 67 50 Website: www.auktionsverket.com
THE STUDIO COLLECTION OF MARIA VOROBIEFF 5 DECEMBER | 11:00
VIEWING: 30 November 13:00-17:00 4 December 9:30-17:30 2 December 10:00-14:00 5 December 9:30-10:30 3 December 9:30-17:30
SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS: 23 - 27 November Shapero Rare Books, 32 St. George Street, W1S 2EA
Roseberys Fine Art Auctioneers, 70-76 Knight's Hill, West Norwood, London SE27 0JD Tel: +44 (0) 20 8761 2522 Website: www.roseberys.com
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Mikhail Sokolov, Portrait of a Lady in a black dress, Georgy Rublev, Eastern Figure, 1932. 1930’s. Watercolour and mixed media on paper, Tempera on paper, 41 x 30 cm 45 x 37 cm
Leningrad ‘Circle of Artists’ is represented here outlet for their more creative instincts, as by five works by Alexander Rusakov, including, Society became more repressive. The work of two studies for seminal works, ‘Electrician’ and Georgy Rublev, known as the ‘Soviet Matisse’ ‘Woman with a pram’ from the State Russian and famous for his portrait of Stalin reading Museum. Rusakov's wife, Tatyana Kupervasser Pravda, is instructive. From propaganda is another 'Circle of Artists' member, whilst work of 1933, his scenes of unrest in Weimar Vera Pestel belonged to the ‘Makovets’ and Germany are unique historical documents, to Alexander Rusakov, Study for the painting Lady with a Alexander Rusakov, Study for the painting Electrician ‘Path of Painting’ groups. Possibly the group gentle portraits and landscapes these works pushchair (State Russian Museum), 1927. Watercolour on (State Russian Museum), 1927. Watercolour on paper, with the greatest reach and influence, OST, provide the perfect example of the genre of paper, 12 x 9 cm 12 x 9 cm the Stakhonovite Group, whose mentor was 1920’s-1930’s Russian works on paper, evoking The 1920’s saw a period of unprecedented experimentation and optimism. The groups Alexander Deineka is represented here by the a period of optimism in Soviet art, as in Soviet artistic freedom in Soviet Russia. Whilst that grew out of the schools of learning, work of Katerina Zernova. Indeed, works on society, before the formal introduction of the the forces of repression gathered, finding Vitebsk, UNOVIS, VKhUTEMAS or who paper and book illustrations, Zernova’s nine strictures of Soviet Socialist Realism and a rigid their apogee in 1934, the years proceeding studied at the feet of the masters, Malevich, works for ‘ROSKA’ shown here being a fine framework from which art never escaped until saw a vast array of new talent, artistic Filonov, were numerous and wide-ranging. The example, frequently provided artists with an the death of Stalin.
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EVENTS FEATURED EVENTS - EXHIBITIONS
UNTIL 28 APRIL Russia: Royalty & the Romanovs Relationships between Britain, Russia and their royal families through works of art The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace Rd, London SW1A 1AA Website: www.rct.uk , 1827. £450,000–600,000
UNTIL 24 NOVEMBER UNTIL 24 MARCH The Master, Margarita & The Artist The Last Tsar: Blood & Revolution @ Pushkin House @ Science Museum British contemporary artist revisits Explore the extraordinary lives and Russian literature classics deaths of last Russian monarchs
UNTIL 24 NOVEMBER 24 - 27 NOVEMBER Masterpieces of Soviet Photography Russian works on paper 1910’s-1930’s @ Atlas Gallery @ Shapero Rare Books Selection of photographs from the Selling exhibition by RA+C with some of Silvestr Naples Moonlight over SCHEDRIN, Сильвестр ЩЕДРИН, «Лунный свет над Неаполем», 1827 collection of celebrated photographer the best works from the period
UNTIL 1 DECEMBER 26 OCTOBER Roman Vishniac Rediscovered RUSSIAN ART New East Photo Prize 2018 Wednesday 28 November 2018, 10:30 @ Calvert 22 @ Photographers Gallery Photography from Eastern Europe, The first UK retrospective of Russian born the Balkans, Russia and Central Asia American photographer РУССКОЕ ИСКУССТВО 28 ноября 2018, 10:30 UNTIL 27 JANUARY 7 DECEMBER - 22 FEBRUARY Modern Couples: Art, Intimacy and Anglo-Russian Dictionary @ Pushkin House Preview: 24–27 November 2018, 11:00–17:30 Asia House, 63 New Cavendish St., London W1G 7LP the Avant-garde @ Barbican Art Gallery & London Review of Books Café The power of romantic relationships Literature and the impossibility of exact MacDougall Arts Ltd. to propel artistic output translation from one culture to another 33 St. James’s Square, London SW1Y 4JS, England London +44 20 7389 8160 Full list of events on: www.russianartandculture.com/calendar Moscow +7 495 799 46 83 Kiev +38 097 8444 844 [email protected] 14 www.russianartandculture.com Pariswww.russianartandculture+33 1 5345 5418.com www.macdougallauction.com 15 EVENTS FEATURED EVENTS - THEATRE
ILYA REPIN 30 NOVEMBER - 12 JANUARY Portrait of Leo Tolstoy Uncle Vanya Estimate £400,000–600,000 Terry Johnson’s new version of Anton Chekhov’s classic tragicomedy Hampstead Theatre, Eton Ave, London NW3 3EU, UK Website: www.hampsteadtheatre.com
UNTIL 25 NOVEMBER 30 NOVERMBER Inga Alexander Tsypkin recital @Calder Bookshop and Theatre @ Royal Geographical Society English-language translation of Konstantin Khabensky will read stories the 1928 work by Anatole Glebov by the popular Russian author
22NOVEMBER 5 - 6 FEBRUARY A Dog’s Heart The Cherry Orchard @ Xameleon Theatre @ Barbican Centre Stage adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s Russian theatre classics performed by novel by London based Russian company Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre
25 NOVEMBER 8 - 9 FEBRUARY Eugene Onegin The Good Person of Szechwan @ Pushkin House @ Barbican Centre Screening of The Vakhtangov Theatre’s play Yuty Butusov’s modern-dress striking Russian Pictures starring Sergey Makovetskiy version of Brecht’s parable play AUCTION LONDON
27 NOVEMBER 9 FEBRUARY 27 NOVEMBER Toplivo [Fuel] (by Arbuzz lectures) Mother’s Field @ John Lyon’s Theatre @ Barbican Centre Semyon Alexandrovsky’s documentary play Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre will tell EXHIBITION FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 23 – 26 NOVEMBER on science and technology a story of peace and humanity 34–35 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON W1A 2AA Full list of events on: www.russianartandculture.com/calendar ENQUIRIES +44 (0)20 7293 5673 [email protected] SOTHEBYS.COM/RUSSIANPICTURES #SOTHEBYSRUSSIANART 16 www.russianartandculture.com www.russianartandculture.com 17 EVENTS 2017 R e Y 2018 M B e MA FEATURED EVENTS - MUSIC juLY 2018 NO V
4 - 5 MARCH Valery Gergiev & the Mariinsky Orchestra Late Tchaikovsky symphonies paired with best-loved ballets middLe eastern spirit: statement jewellery and kaftans associated with Marius Petipa pLus: maurice saatchi, judy murray and marylebone special
RUSSIA & CIS SpeCIAl featuring Bolshoi ballet seAson stYle How to stand out from the crowd superstar Svetlana Zakharova Art and Interiors special Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, Belgravia, London SW1X 9DQ plUS: Alex Katz, Alain Ducasse and levison Wood PlUs: the RA and the eno are shaking things up
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29 NOVEMBER 13 FEBRUARY Romanov Variations @ Grosvenor Chapel Alexander Vedernikov conducts BBC & The George Private Club Symphony Orchestra @ Barbican Hall Pre-Christmas evening with special Former Bolshoi director brings a taste of Mayfair Times is a luxury monthly lifestyle magazine, whose readers commissions and classics favourites Russia with Shostakovich’s Symphony No 4 include the residents, visitors and the discerning and sophisticated working population of the districts of Mayfair, Marylebone amd St James’s 7 DECEMBER 17 FEBRUARY Shostakovich Symphony No 5 Artist Portrait: Daniil Trifonov
@ Barbican Hall @ Barbican Hall Y 2018 ar U r to b er 2017 B C june 2018 e o Programme of contemporary classics with the Russian piano sensation will perform F century’s most powerful symphonies at its heart with London Symphony Orchestra
12 JANUARY 17 FEBRUARY Russian Extravaganza Russian Masterworks by Thames Youth Orchestra @ St John’s Church, Waterloo
bollywood star sonam Kapoor fronts our Indian edition Russian composers performed by the An exciting performance featuring Christie’s south asian modern + Contemporary art plus: the power Couple: rishi and Queenie sethia Damien hirst has lots to shout about in our art issue eastern promise: Huishan Zhang leads our China issue independent youth symphony orchestra Mussorgsky, Prokofiev and Shostakovich PLUs: Focus on marylebone; and Chinese Golden Week arrives pLUs: Community awards winners, and inside the London Library
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6 FEBRUARY 29 MARCH Mayfair Times is a media partner to Evgeny Kissin in recital Russian National Philharmonic Orchestra @ Barbican Hall @ Cadogan Hall The brilliant Russian reaffirms his credentials as Technical virtuosity combined with the supreme pianist the best of Russian musical classics Telephone 020 7259 1050 Full list of events on: www.russianartandculture.com/calendar www.pubbiz.com mayfairtimes @MayfairTimes mayfair.times 18 www.russianartandculture.com www.russianartandculture.com 19 EVENTS FEATURED EVENTS - OPERA & BALLET RUSSIAN WORKS ON PAPER 18 DECEMBER - 4 JANUARY Winter Dreams Kenneth MacMillan's ballet explores the inner lives of three sisters in the Russian countryside Royal Opera House, Bow St, London WC2E 9DD Website: www.roh.org.uk
3 DECEMBER- 15 JANUARY 13 JANUARY - 1 FEBRUARY Nutcracker The Queen of Spades @ Royal Opera House @ Royal Opera House Magical production and a Christmas Tchaikovsky’s most ambitious opera treat for the whole family restaged by Stefan Herheim
13 - 30 DECEMBER 31 JANUARY Nutcracker Cinderella @ London Coliseum @ New Wimbledon Theatre Trip to English National Ballet’s Nutcracker The world’s favourite rags to riches fairy-tale is an unforgettable experience where dreams can come true
28 - 31 DECEMBER 2 FEBRUARY Nutcracker Nutcracker @ Royal Albert Hall @ New Wimbledon Theatre Birmingham Royal Ballet with their The most famous of fantasy ballets performed magical and festive performance By Russian State Ballet of Siberia
3 - 13 JANUARY 31 MARCH 24 - 27 NOVEMBER Swan Lake Russian Ballet Icons Gala 2019 @ London Coliseum @London Coliseum Be captivated by the majesty of the With the participation of Russian and Shapero rare books, 32 St George Street, Mayfair, London W1S 2EA Russian classical ballet international ballet stars RUSSIAN A R T + CULTURE Full list of events on: www.russianartandculture.com/calendar www.russianartandculture.com 20 www.russianartandculture.com www.russianartandculture.com 21 EVENTS FEATURED EVENTS - OTHER EVENTS
25 NOVEMBER - 2 DECEMBER | CINEMA Russian Film Week & Golden Unicorn Award Cinemas in London, Edinburgh, Cambridge, Oxford Showcase of the critically acclaimed Russian films and international films about Russia Websites: www.russianfilmweek.org, www.goldenunicornaward.com
20 NOVEMBER | TALK 9 DECEMBER | CONFERENCE The Diaries of “The Master and Margarita” Science and Education: Russian–British @ Pushkin House Shared History @ Rossotrudnichestvo Insight into Mikhail Bulgakov’s personal 5th International Conference of Russian letters and diaries Heritage in the Contemporary World
21 NOVEMBER | TALK 10 DECEMBER | TALK Reading “The Master and Margarita” This thorny throne: Russia, Royalty and the @ Pushkin House Romanovs @ The Open Russia Club Contemporary legacy of Mikhail Bulhakov’s Insight into the Royal Collection exhibition most famous novel on the Romanovs by Stephen Patterson
22 NOVEMBER | TALK/MUSIC 11 DECEMBER | TALK Music on the bones Kuryokhin’s Stiob @ Calvert 22 @ IAS Forum How bootleggers used X-rays to bring The panel examines a specific form of rock and roll to the Soviet Union Russian humour known as “stiob”
3 DECEMBER | TALK 15 DECEMBER | FILM PRESENTATION Anatoly Vasiliev - 20 Years in Theatre Country of the Deaf @ Sands Films Cinema @ Pushkin House ARCC Russian Film Studies opens a series of An exclusive talk from leading Russian Russian-speaking films rarely or never seen in theatre director and experimentalist the UK
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Launched in collaboration RUSSIAN TREASURES IN THE ROYAL with FABERGÉ, Olga’s Egg COLLECTION – Caroline de Guitaut is a novel of Fabergé eggs, the greatest treasures of all... The new exhibition Russia: Royalty & the Romanovs opens in The Queen’s Gallery. RA+C met with the exhibition curator Caroline de Guitaut
Q: The exhibition covers a large timespan reflecting the link between Britain and Russia. Could you tell us a bit about how you made the selection of works to display? Available to order online from retailers including amazon.co.uk and from all good bookstores. Will your exhibition reflect how the relations between two countries changed and developed during this period of time?
A: Caroline de Guitaut: The exhibition considers three aspects of the relationship between Britain and Russia: diplomacy, war and peace and, finally, dynastic connections. GREGORI MAIOFIS Of course, throughout history that BROMOIL TRANSFERS relationship ebbed and flowed. We were allies, enemies, allies, we have a dynastic marriage, and then of course we enter an The UK’s largest fair entirely different phase in the 20th and 21st dedicated to centuries. Works of art, letters and diaries will contemporary be displayed from the Royal Archives including printmaking a letter from Peter the Great. 22-25 We look at the role of diplomacy through November things like gift giving – such as Kneller’s portrait of Peter the Great. When it comes to family, the relationship becomes much Building 17, Cartridge Place Sir Godfrey Kneller, Peter I, Tsar of Russia (1672–1725), [email protected] 1698. Credit: Royal Collection Trust/ © Her Majesty closer in the nineteenth century, Alexandra Royal Arsenal, Woolwich +44(0)7541251979 Queen Elizabeth II 2018 and Dagmar were two Danish princesses, London, SE18 6ST www.woolwichprintfair.com 24 www.russianartandculture.com www.russianartandculture.com 25 INTERVIEW EVENTS WINTER 2018 29 –7 29 3 ...
Laurits Regner Tuxen, The Family of Queen Victoria in 1887, 1887. Credit: Royal Collection Trust/ © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018
daughters of King Christian IX and Queen Tuxen to paint a similar family group for her Louise. Alexandra married Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee in 1887. This painting sums 5‚000 eldest son, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales up everything about that period with Queen YEARS OF ART (later King Edward VII) and Dagmar married Victoria’s wish to arrange dynastic marriages. Tsarevich Alexander (later Tsar Alexander The Queen had already married her second & ’ III). The Danish Court artist Laurits Tuxen, a son Alfred to Grand Duchess Marie master of group portraits who later painted Alexandrovna, daughter of Alexander II – the the wonderful marriage portrait of Nicolas II first and only time when the two dynasties and Alexandra in 1894 (on the cover), painted were linked directly by marriage. Clearly that’s the family of Christian IX and Queen Louise a very important moment in the story of this at Fredensborg Castle. Queen Victoria saw exhibition. Obviously, the British Royal Family that painting and decided she would like was sending gifts to Russia and we have
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one point, it was in their collection. We don’t really know and it’s an ongoing research so hopefully we’ll have more detail during the course of the exhibition.
In terms of diplomatic connections, we have correspondence from Catherine the Great in the Royal Archives, and a letter from the time of the Jacobite revolution will be on display. Diplomacy is a theme that will be explored in the first gallery, which is going to be very much about grand state portraits exploring those key moments when either the Russian royal family came here for an official visit or vice-versa or when there were moments of deeper interactions.
Moving further forward to the period of the Napoleonic wars, we were great allies and, as a result, George IV created Vigilius Eriksen, Catherine II (1729-1796), c.1765-9. the Waterloo Chamber to celebrate the Credit: Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen defeat of Napoleon. We have portraits of Elizabeth II 2018 Russian generals, such as Platov, by Thomas wonderful examples of the Russian rulers Lawrence, these are wonderful records by sending gifts back. Vigilius Ericksen’s portrait British artists of Russian figures who were of Catherine the Great appears to have key to this particular moment in our shared been an official gift and it is first recorded history. There are other portraits which at Kensington Palace. There are still some show shared patronage, rather like Faberge interesting quirks about its provenance that coming here, we sent British artists to Russia. we’ve discovered in the course of research The portraitist George Dawe painted many for this exhibition because the image bears a members of the Imperial Family, Alexander II Exhibition at wax seal on the back which has the arms of for example, and there are versions of those the Golitsyn family, so we imagine that, at portraits in the Royal Collection.
Read the full text of the interview on our site: www.russianartandculture.com/russian-treasures-in-the-royal-collection
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UNTIL 1 JANUARY UNTIL 24 FEBRUARY A History of Fashion in 100 Objects Edward Burne-Jones @ Fashion Museum @ Tate Britain Instant insight into the era-defining outfits and Awe-inspiring paintings, stained glass windows headline pieces that shape our warderobes and tapestries by one of the last Pre-Raphaelites
UNTIL 6 JANUARY UNTIL 24 FEBRUARY Diana: Her Fashion Story Freud, Dalí and the Metamorphosis of Narcissus @ Kensington Palace @ Freud Museum A rare chance to see outstanding garments and Exploration of the Greek mythological figure trace the evolution of Princess of Wales’ style through two famous 20th-century figures
UNTIL 20 JANUARY UNTIL 14 JULY Courtauld Impressionists Elmgreen & Dragset @ National Gallery @ Whitechapel Gallery The first London display of the major The emotional sculptures and an extraordinary impressionist paintings since 1948 new large-scale installation of the famous duo
UNTIL 3 FEBRUARY FROM 2 FEBRUARY Klimt / Schiele: Drawings Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams AUCTION LONDON 28 NOVEMBER @ Royal Academy of Arts @ Victoria & Albert Museum Unique opportunity to see extraordinary History and impact of the 20th century’s drawings produced by two most important most influential couturiers and his relationship EXHIBITION FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 23 27 NOVEMBER
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AUCTION HOUSES GALLERIES THE STUDIO COLLECTION OF MARIE VOROBIEFF MAREVNA to include portraits of and letters from Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, Henri Matisse, Moïse Kisling and Fernand Léger Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers Wednesday 5 December at 11am
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John West with his dogs, 1972, oil on board, 122 x 183cm.
Preview of Selected Highlights at Shapero Rare Books, 32 St. George Street, Mayfair, London, W1S 2EA from Friday 23 – Monday 27 November
Viewing Head of Sale: Friday 30 November 1pm-5pm Tess O’Brien Sunday 2 December 10am-2pm [email protected] Monday 3 December 9.30am-5.30pm +44 (0)20 8761 2522 www.roseberys.co.uk Tuesday 4 December 9.30am-5.30pm MacD-for-Rus Art and Culture-2018-II_Layout 1 26.10.18 20:30 Page 2 , 1918. £1,500,000–2,000,000 The Game of Billiards. A. Lentulov and P. Konchalovsky P. and Lentulov A. Billiards. of Game The P. Konchalovsky, Konchalovsky, P. П. Кончаловский,П. Лентулов Аристарх бильярде. на «Игра Кончаловский», Петр и 1918 RUSSIAN ART Wednesday 28 November 2018, 10:30 РУССКОЕ ИСКУССТВО 28 ноября 2018, 10:30 Preview: 24–27 November 2018, 11:00–17:30 Asia House, 63 New Cavendish St., London W1G 7LP MacDougall Arts Ltd. 33 St. James’s Square, London SW1Y 4JS, England London +44 20 7389 8160 Moscow +7 495 799 46 83 Kiev +38 097 8444 844 [email protected] Paris +33 1 5345 5418 www.macdougallauction.com