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Dates: during 1987-1987
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Vasilii Kandinsky, perhaps the mostinternationally famous artist in the exhibit, isrepresented by a small landscape. Againtraditional in subject, "The Summer Landscape"(1909) gives a hint of his future in its electricyellows, blues and greens, its complete avoidanceof aerial perspective and the almost abstractshape of the regions of colors. Clearly, theexhibit does not intend to provide in this lastroom a thorough indication of the direction ofmodern art at the beginning of the twentiethcentury. Rather, by showing the early works of thegreat Russian moderns, the exhibit tries tounderscore not the newness of these painters, buttheir origins in the traditions of Russianpainting...

Author: By Maurie Samuels, | Title: From Russia With Love | 4/23/1987 | See Source »

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