The Peredvizhniki Represent Themselves : part one Commercial Institutionalization, 1870 - 1871 Selling the Exhibition, 1871 - 1897 Self-Fashioning in Group Photographs, 1886 - 1897 Revealing the Art Manifesto, 1888 The Peredvizhniki in the Eyes of the Critics : part two Inaugural Success : the First Show, 1871 Split with the Academy : the Fifth Exhibition, 1876 Critical Point : the Eleventh, Twelfth and Thirteenth Shows, 1883 - 85 Self-Defence : the Partnerships Anniversary Reports, 1888, 1897 The Peredvizhniki in a Broader European Context : conclusion Charter of the Partnership for Touring Art Exhibitions, 1870 : appendix 1 The Partnership's Fifteenth Anniversary Report, 1888 : appendix 2 The Partnerships Twenty-fifth Anniversary Report, 1897 : appendix 3 A List of the Touring Art Exhibitions and Statistics : appendix 4
Andrey Shabanov's seminal reinterpretation of the Peredvizhniki is a comprehensive study that examines in-depth for the first time the organizational structure, self-representation, exhibitions and critical reception of this 19th-century artistic partnership. Shabanov advances a more pragmatic reading of the Peredvizhniki, artists seeking professional and creative freedom in authoritarian Tsarist Russia. He likewise demonstrates and challenges how and why the group eventually came to be defined as a critically-minded Realist art movement. Unprecedentedly rich in new primary visual and textual sources, the book also connects afresh the Russian and Western art worlds of the period. A must-read for anyone interested in Russian art and culture, 19th-century European art and also the history' of art exhibitions, art movements and the art market. Andrey Shabanov is Research Fellow and Lecturer in the Department of Art History at the European University at Saint Petersburg, Russia
