Morozov - The Story of a Family and a Lost Collection

Ivan Morozov was one of the most discerning collectors of his age, spending 1.5 million francs on works by artists including Monet and Cezanne. In the first authoritative biography of Morozov, Natalya Semenova sheds light on his life, family, and achievements?and on European and Russian art at the turn of the century.

About the author

Russian art historian Natalya Semenova is author of The Collector: The Story of Sergei Shchukin and His Lost Masterpieces, coauthor of Collecting Matisse, and coeditor of Selling Russia's Treasures. She lives in Moscow. The award-winning Arch Tait has translated more than thirty books by leading Russian authors.

Summary

The first English-language account of Ivan Morozov and his ambition to build one of the world’s greatest collections of modern art

Product details

• Authors: Natalya Semenova, Semenova Natalya, Arch Tait
• Assisted by: Arch Tait (Translation), Tait Arch (Translation)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9780300267037
• ISBN: 978-0-300-26703-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Novel-like biographies; Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Russia, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, 20th Century, HISTORY / World, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, General and world history, Biography: historical, political and military, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, History of other geographical groupings and regions, History of other lands, HISTORY / Russia / General, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era