After 18 months' preparation, an exhibition of representative Russian Art is now open at the Grand Central Palace, Manhattan. The committee of Russian Artists who assembled the paintings has included not only Slavic artists already familiar to Americans, but also those who are known only in their native land.
There are 600 canvases, including every Russian school. Much of the work shows the strong influence of Paris training and Salon example. One notes, however, the Slavic temperament and love of brilliant color asserting itself over the French training. The contrasting morbidity and...
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