Movements

The tsarist, Communist, and post-Communist spaces were fertile ground for artistic movements, many of which had global impacts. This section explores the history of those movements.

June 21, 2023

The Wanderers: An Early Revolution in Russian Art

The Peredvizhniki, or the Wanderers, were a movement of Russian Realism born from the Imperial Academy of Arts in 1863. Under the rule of Alexander II, Russia was struggling through a series of liberal reforms that were part of a greater humanitarian movement. The emancipation of the serfs in 1861 deconstructed much of the social […]