"The Russian Gerome"? Vereshchagin as a Painter of Turkestan

"The Russian Gérôme" – thus was Vereshchagin dubbed by English critics in 1872 and the comparison was repeatedly to be made by contemporaries. This article looks at where the two artists really do reveal similarities and at the deep-rooted differences in their presentation of the Orient, w...

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Main Author: Maria Chernysheva
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: International Association of Research Institutes in the History of Art (RIHA) 2014-09-01
Series:RIHA Journal
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Online Access:http://www.riha-journal.org/articles/2014/2014-jul-sep/chernysheva-vereshchagin/@@rihaview