The Collector : The Story of Sergei Shchukin and His Lost Masterpieces / Natalya Semenova, André-Marc Delocque-Fourcaud.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Semenova, N. I︠U︡., Author.

Delocque-Fourcaud, André-Marc, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shchukin, Sergeĭ Ivanovich, 1854-1936.

Shchukin, Sergeĭ Ivanovich.

Art patrons--Russia--Biography.

Art patrons.

Art--Collectors and collecting--Russia--History.

Art.

Russia.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 288 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A fascinating life of Sergei Shchukin, the great collector who changed the face of Russia's art world Sergei Shchukin was a highly successful textiles merchant in the latter half of the nineteenth century, but he also had a great eye for beauty. He was one of the first to appreciate the qualities of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists and to acquire works by Cézanne, Matisse, and Picasso. A trailblazer in the Russian art world, Shchukin and his collection shocked, provoked, and inspired awe, ridicule, and derision among his contemporaries. This is the first English-language biography of Sergei Shchukin, written by art historian Natalya Semenova and adapted by Shchukin's grandson André Delocque. Featuring personal diary entries, correspondence, interviews, and archival research, it brings to light the life of a man who has hitherto remained in the shadows, and shows how despite his controversial reputation, he opened his collection to the public, inspiring a future generation of artists and changing the face of the Russian art world.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

A NOTE ON THE TEXT

PREFACE

Prologue

CHAPTER I. The Gentleman Who Slept in His Box at the Bolshoy

CHAPTER II. Luther's Bible

CHAPTER III. The Tragic Tales of the Older Brothers Nikolai and Petr

CHAPTER IV. Dmitry Shchukin 'The Dutchman'

CHAPTER V. Ivan Shchukin Portrait of the Younger Brother as a Parisian Dandy

CHAPTER VI. An Oligarch in Moscow

CHAPTER VII. Strangers on a Train

CHAPTER VIII. The Storm

CHAPTER IX. The Debacle

CHAPTER X. In the Footsteps of Moses

CHAPTER XI. The Price of a King's Wife

CHAPTER XII. Harmonie en Rouge

CHAPTER XIII. The Two Orphans

CHAPTER XIV. Quo Vadis?

CHAPTER XV. La Danse and La Musique

CHAPTER XVI. The City of All- Night Revels

CHAPTER XVII. Picasso the Hypnotist

CHAPTER XVIII. Portrait of a Chinese Patriarch

CHAPTER XIX. The Acropolis of the Arts

CHAPTER XXI. The World's First Museum of Modern Art

CHAPTER XXII. Time Regained

Postscript: The Collector of the Future

ENDNOTES

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

0-300-24107-0

OCLC:

1083581680