Elena Korovai: inoi vzgliad: Bukharskie evrei v russkoi kul'ture (Elena Korovay: another view: The Jews of Bukhara in Russian Culture)
Moscow: Mardzhani, 2020. Sewn cl. The artist who is the central figure of this multiauthor book about the rich visual culture of the Jewish population of the ancient Uzbek city of Bukhara began her career as painter in the 1920s, when new styles of art and new ways of life were supplanting the traditional world of the Russian empire. Korovai was enthralled by the old colorful life of trade, crafts, and street life, which she painted in a technique that was of her age — free and nonliteral though still figurative — and her favorite subjects were everyday life. Also studied here are other artists such as Julia Razumovskaia, Maria Filatova, Petr Kotov, Viktor Ufimtsev, and Max Birshtein, who worked in Uzbekistan and painted and drew Jewish life there. Also published are archival photographs of the period. 335 p., 28 cm, approx. 200 color and b/w illus., Rus. with summary in ENGLISH. Item #4354
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