Loan Exhibition / Art Antiques London
The London Friends Of The Hermitage And The Tosca Photography Fund
A Loan Exhibition Of Important Russian Photographs
Art Antiques London will host a spectacular and rare Loan Exhibition of Russian Photographs. The London Friends of the Hermitage and the Tosca Photography Fund are delighted to mount this very special exhibition.
The Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg has a superb collection of 19th century Russian photographs - roughly 40,000 of them - from the Imperial collection and the private collections of the aristocracy. But the collection stops sharply in 1917 with the Russian Revolution. The Tosca Photography Fund has a large collection of 20th Century Soviet photography, from which 35 examples of the Great Russian masters are to be shown. It would be an ideal complement to the Hermitage's own collection. Ranging from the famous Rodchenko Avant Garde and constructivist works, to his school of Vkhutemas architectural students, the photojournalism of Kheldei and Khalip and many more, the exhibition will highlight how the Hermitage, if it indeed is successful in being donated the entire collection, will have a photography collection of both 19th and 20th century photographs, outstanding in aesthetic, cultural and historical significance.
