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Russian Summer in London

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In this issue we trace the life and career of Russian-Polish émigré artist and Art Deco icon Tamara de Lempica, and we explore the mystery of “Russianness” in 19th century Russian painting. Western myths about Russia have always found great inspiration in the boundless vistas of Russia’s vast expanses. In the exhibition Russian Landscape in the Time of Leo Tolstoy the National Gallery examines how the representation of landscape came to influence Western Europe’s perception of Russia. In his article Alexander Rappaport considers the unique nature of Russian Sky (The Sky in the Russian Landscape), while Russian art historian Ekaterina Degot explores the wide expanse of Russianness in her article on the 19th century national school of landscape painting.

Provocative, decadent and sensual, Tamara de Lempica became the face of the Art Deco era. A retrospective exhibition at the Royal Academy reveals the mystery and myths surrounding the life and art of this legendary Moscow-born artist (De Lempica: Art Deco Icon by Andrei Tolstoi).