Russian AvantGarde A Romance with the Revolution

The dramatic story of three great Russian avantgarde painters from the beginning of the last century Kazimir Malevich Pavel Filonov and Vladimir Tatlin and their supporter Nikolai Punin the first postrevolution Commissar of the Hermitage and Russian Museums They dedicated their lives to belief in the revolution and its connection to avantgarde art but the communist regime betrayed them The history depicted on the painted canvases reflects the tumultuous period of the 1920s and 30s in the Soviet Union in Leningrad and in artistic circles of the time Only with perestroika have the avantgarde paintings stored in museum archives again seen the light of day