The Art of Russia: 1800-1850

18 May–24 June 1979

The exhibition is comprised of 154 paintings, drawings, prints, watercolors, and examples of the decorative arts loaned from The Hermitage, the Russian State Museum in Leningrad, and the Tretiakov Gallery in Moscow. A multitude of styles and trends are represented in the exhibition including pre-Impressionist landscapes by Aleksei Venetsianov, satirical drawings by Pavel Fedotov, Italian landscapes by Silvestr Shchedrin, and courtly portraits by Karl Briullov. A series of lectures, film screenings, and a recital of 19th century Russian music accompanied the exhibition.

Curator: John Bowlt of the University of Texas, Austin

The exhibition was organized and sponsored by The University of Minnesota Gallery, the Committee on Institutional Coperation, and the Ministry of Culture of the USSR.

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