Word: theartists
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Dates: during 1987-1987
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...nineteenth centurymany artists and critics became dissatisfied withthe establishment. The critic Vladimir Stasovurged a rejection of Western styles and ideals anda move toward "a national and original orientationin art." He called for Russian artists to rejectthe schools of European classicism and to developa new method of interpretation, allowing theartist "to paint a native landscape, and one inwhich he lived with nature, so as not to have toinvent each detail of his work, such as a foreignsky over a foreign land...
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