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This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:21st-century Russian women painters The contents of that subcategory can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it. Contents
He remains highly popular in Russia in the 21st century. [5] One of the most prominent Russian artists of his time, Aivazovsky was also popular outside the Russian Empire. He held numerous solo exhibitions in Europe and the United States. During his almost 60-year career, he created around 6,000 paintings, making him one of the most prolific ...
This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:21st-century Russian male artists and Category:21st-century Russian women artists The contents of these subcategories can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:21st-century Russian artists. It includes Russian artists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. See also: Category:21st-century Russian women artists
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, many Russian icons have been repatriated via direct purchase by Russian museums, private Russian collectors, or as was the case of Pope John Paul II giving an 18th-century copy of the famous Our Lady of Kazan icon to the Russian Orthodox Church, returned to Russia in good faith. [7]
Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge is one of the most famous works by Lissitzky. Lissitzky made it in 1919, when Russia was going through a civil war, which was mainly fought between the "Reds" (communists, socialists and revolutionaries) and the "Whites" (monarchists, conservatives, liberals and other socialists who opposed the Bolshevik Revolution).
Throughout the 20th century and into the 21st century, with the advent of Modern and Postmodern art forms, distinctions between what is generally regarded as the fine arts and the low arts have started to fade, [91] as contemporary high art continues to challenge these concepts by mixing with popular culture. [92]
All three are situated in the former Vladimir-Suzdal Principality, Ivanovo region of central Russia, and are deeply rooted in the 17th-19th century icon painting tradition, which lasted until the Russian Revolution of 1917, and is now being revived by young artists of the 21st century.