Individual Artists

Goncharova by Anthony Parton. Antique Collectors' Club, Ltd. (October 16, 2010). Hardcover: 520 pages. English.

Explores the life and work of the Russian artist and stage designer Natalia Goncharova (1881-1962).

Dr. Anthony Parton is a specialist in Russian avant-garde art of the early-20th century. He is author of Mikhail Larionov and the Russian Avant-garde, editor of Women Artists of Russia's New Age and has contributed many scholarly essays on the subject of Russian modernism to exhibition catalogues, journals and reference works. He is lecturer in the History of Art at Durham University. (editorial at Amazon)

Natalia Goncharova: Between Russian Tradition and European Modernism, by Evgenia Iluchina (Author), Alla Chilova (Editor), Beate Kemfert (Editor). Publisher: Hatje Cantz (August 30, 2010). Hardcover: 168 pages. English.

One of the original "amazons of the Russian avant garde," Natalia Goncharova (1881-1962) bequeathed a rich and complex body of work to a culture that has only recently begun to recognize it. Like her contemporary Kazimir Malevich, Goncharova drew inspiration from the folklore and art of her country, producing in her early years very colorful and strongly ornamental paintings, as well as religious works influenced by the Russian icon tradition. In the 1910s, Goncharova began experimenting with Cubism, becoming one of the earliest exponents of modern art in Moscow; in 1917, she settled permanently in Paris, where she designed costumes and sets for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. This publication, the first to provide a full overview of Goncharova's career (including her later, less documented years in Paris) illuminates the trajectory of Goncharova's career, restoring her work to its former prominence. (editorial at Amazon)

Malevich: Painting the Absolute by Andrei Nakov (Author). Lund Humphries Pub Ltd (June 15, 2010). Hardcover: 1596 pages. English.

Andrei Nakov's monumental 4-volume study of this prophetic artist is founded on many decades of research in Russia, Western Europe and the US. The author has uncovered many previously unknown documents, and sheds a new light on Malevich's pivotal role in the development of modern art, offering a radically new interpretation of a fascinating artist.

Volume 1: Impressionism and Symbolism are the starting points of the Polish-born Russian painter Kazimir Malevich's avant-garde trajectory...

Volume 2: Starting with Malevich's revolutionary Quadrilateral ('Black Square') of 1915, which his contemporaries experienced as a veritable earthquake...

Volume 3: Introducing Suprematism to the sphere of everyday life, Malevich created highly original architectonic works in the early 1920s...

Volume 4: A prolific writer and fervent polemicist, Malevich wrote throughout his life and produced a vast body of texts... (from editorial at Amazon)

Дмитрий Сарабьянов. Иван Пуни. Серия: Художники русской эмиграции. Издательство: Искусство - XXI век, 2007 г. Суперобложка, 376 стр. (Iwan Puni by Dmitry Sarabyanov. Series: Russian Artists in Immigration. Publisher: "Iskusstvo 21s century", 2007. Dust Jacket, 168 pages.)

This book os the first research in our country dedicated to Iwan Puni - one of the masters of Russian Anant-garde. Upon leaving Russia at the end of 1919 he has spent most of his life in Germany and France. However, already in the early Peterburg/Petrograd stage his art has contributed considerably to the development of of modern artistic movements in the first quarter of the 20^th century. The artist's art is well-known in the West, his personal exhibitions were held in many countries in Europe and in the USA, many essays and monographs were written about him. At the same time in Russia, the name of Puni was for a long time familiar only to specialists... (editorial at Ozon)

Дмитрий Сарабьянов. Иван Пуни. Серия: Художники русской эмиграции. Издательство: Искусство - XXI век, 2007 г. Суперобложка, 376 стр. (Iwan Puni by Dmitry Sarabyanov. Series: Russian Artists in Immigration. Publisher: "Iskusstvo 21s century", 2007. Dust Jacket, 168 pages.)

This book os the first research in our country dedicated to Iwan Puni - one of the masters of Russian Anant-garde. Upon leaving Russia at the end of 1919 he has spent most of his life in Germany and France. However, already in the early Peterburg/Petrograd stage his art has contributed considerably to the development of of modern artistic movements in the first quarter of the 20^th century. The artist's art is well-known in the West, his personal exhibitions were held in many countries in Europe and in the USA, many essays and monographs were written about him. At the same time in Russia, the name of Puni was for a long time familiar only to specialists... (editorial at Ozon)