IMPERIAL COLLECTION/WOMEN ARTISTS STATE HERMITAGE – POMEROY J Dagaanbieding

An Imperial Collection explores how women as patrons, painters, and subjects contributed to the cultural history of Russia. Eminent families formed collections and created artistic commissions that brought women artists to Russia and extended the influence of western European art to the royal court of the czars. Some women artists were allowed into the inner circles of the aristocracy, providing an “insider” view into the private side of court life.
Artists whose works are explored in the book include Elisab…