Khudozhniki Russkogo Teatra 1880-1930 Sobranie Nikity i Niny Lobanovykh-Rostovskikh tekstDzhona Boulta [Translation from the Russian Artists of Russian Theater 1880-1930 Collection of Nikita & Nina Lobanov-Rostovsky. Text by John Bowlt
Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1990. Edition limited to 30,000. Hardcover. The format is approximately 9 inches by 11.75 inches. Text is in Russian. Images are universally understood. Decorative DJ, front and back. 112 pages followed by 200 illustrations. Footnotes. Many full color illustrations. DJ has minor wear, soiling, and small edge tear. John Ellis Bowlt (born December 6, 1943) is an English art historian specializing in Russian avant garde art of 1900-1930. He is a professor at the University of Southern California and directs its Institute of Modern Russian Culture. In 2009, Bowlt received the Order of Friendship from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. He has received numerous awards and scholarships, including the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship and Fulbright-Hays Awards. Prince Nikita Dmitrievich Lobanov-Rostovsky (born 6 January 1935), known as Nikita Lobanov, is a Russian Rurikid, geologist, banker, and notable art collector of Russian stage design of the period of 1880–1930 (in particular designs for Ballets Russes). Lobanov was born on 6 January 1935 in Sofia, Bulgaria, to Russian émigré parents, Dmitry Ivanovich Lobanov-Rostovsky and Irina Vasilievna (née Vyrubova, and from an old Russian noble family). He is a collector of costume and stage designs by Russian artists (1890–1930s), including Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. He has organized numerous exhibitions, including one at the Metropolitan Museum (1967). He has written several works (Russian Painters and the Stage (1969), Trade Financing (1980) and Banking (1982), etc.). In 1987 he donated 80 works of art to the Museum of Personal Collections of the Pushkin Museum (Moscow), including Alexandra Exter's famous series of Theatrical Decorations (1930). His collection included 1100 works of art. In 2008 he sold it to the Russian Government. Lobanov is a fellow of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a Regent of the Institute of Modern Russian Culture, a member of the Board of the Sts. Cyril and Methodius Foundation of Bulgaria, Deputy Chairman of the International Council of Russian Compatriots in Moscow, Chairman of the Russian-speaking Community in the UK, and a member of the jury of the international ballet competition "Tansolymp" in Berlin. Lobanov-Rostovsky studied geology as an undergraduate at the University of Oxford; he was a member of Christ Church. He also studied economic geology at Columbia University and accounting at New York University. Condition: Very good / Good.
Keywords: Essays, Collections, Interviews, Illustrations, Performing Arts, Russian Theater, Ballets Russes, Theatrical Decorations, Theater Art, Set Design, Theatrical Design, Stage Design
ISBN: 5210002322
[Book #87791]
Price: $125.00