Victor Arnautoff and the Politics of Art /

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Victor Arnautoff, an artist, was born in 1896 in the Russian empire. After serving as a cavalry officer in WWI and then in the White Siberian army during the Russian Civil War, he became part of the Russian diaspora, working for a Chinese warlord, studying art in San Francisco, and working with Dieg...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cherny, Robert W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Arnautoff, Victor Michail, > 1896-1979.
Arnautoff, Victor Michail, > 1896-1979 > Criticism and interpretation.
Russian American artists.
Artists.
Art > Political aspects.
Art and society.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
ART > Reference.
ART > Performance.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Artists, Architects, Photographers.
Art et societe > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Art > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Artistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Art and society > United States > History > 20th century.
Art > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Russian American artists > United States > Biography.
Artists > United States > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1: Childhood in a Troubled Land, 1896-1914; 2: "The Ineptitude of Command," 1915-1921; 3: Wandering Russians, 1921-1925; 4: "The Best Pupil in the Class," 1925-1929; 5: "Under Rivera's Guidance," 1929-1931; 6: "Perhaps the Most Gifted of the Local Muralists," 1931-1935; 7: King of Parilia, 1935-1941; 8: Art, Politics, and War, 1941-1945; 9: DETCOM and COMSAB, 1945-1953; 10: "An Unwanted Guest in America," 1953-1961; 11: "I Am Home," 1962-1979.
  • Appendix: Arnautoff's Public MuralsNotes; Selected Sources; Index; About the Author.

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