Art Movements

Salvador Dalí , "The Persistence of Memory" (1931) From Surrealism to Magical Realism byCathy Locke   The Surrealist art movement, which emerged in the early 20th century, remains one of the...

The World of Art (Mir Iskusstva) by Cathy Locke   Leon Bakst, “Super,” 1902, oil on canvas   The World of Art (known in Russian as Mir Iskusstva) was both...

The Wanderers: A New Social Artistry by Cathy Locke   Konstantin Makovsky, “Children Running from the Storm,” 1872, oil on canvas The Age of Enlightenment gave birth to new ways...

Soviet Realism – The Later Years by Cathy Locke Vera Mukhina, “Worker and Kolkhoz Woman,” 1937, stainless steel and chrome-nickel steel The Art of Collectivization By the mid-1930s the subject...

The Early Years of Soviet Realism by Cathy Locke Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, “Bathing the Red Horse,” 1912, oil on canvas The artistic style known as Soviet Realism was conceptualized by Joseph Stalin...

The Two Schools of Russian Impressionism by Cathy Locke   Igor Grabar, “Flowers and Fruits,” 1904, oil on canvas, Russian Museum. Unknown Artists of Russian Impressionism When we think of...

Russian Impressionism  by Cathy Locke Philippe Malyavin, “Whirlwind,” 1906, oil on canvas, Tretyakov Gallery The 1905 Revolution and Bloody Sunday became the cornerstone upon which Russian artists developed their own...

Russian Impressionism  |  1875–1895 by Cathy Locke   Valentin Serov, “Girl with Peaches. Portrait of V.S.Mamontova,” 1887, oil on canvas, Tretyakov Gallery.   In the late 1800s there were a...