The Wanderers with Gabriel Chanan
The Wanderers was a movement of painters and others who rebelled against the neo-classical constraints of art in the Russian Empire, including Ukraine, in the 1860s.
They sought to depict, for the first time, the real life of the majority of the population. Beginning in the relatively reformist period under Tsar Alexander II they dominated the art scene of the Russian Empire for the rest of the century. Although painters such as Ilya Repin, Grigory Miasoyedov, Konstantin Savitsky, Isaac Levitan, Valentin Serov and Vladimir Makovsky are not well known in the west, they are artists of a high order who between them produced a panorama of society including the peasantry, the rising middle class and the great literary and musical figures of the day. As innovators they were parallel in some ways to the Impressionists but focused more on social comment at a time when there were wide hopes of democracy. Copiously illustrated, the lecture outlines their rise, achievement and eclipse.
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Mr Gabriel Chanan
Gabriel Chanan took up lecturing on art history in 2015, building on his lifelong interest in the arts during a career as a social researcher and policy analyst. He was the founding Chair of Windsor Community Arts Centre (now The Old Court). His study of the visual arts focuses mainly on realist painting, especially on points of transition between different periods and styles. Following publication of his book on Shakespeare and Democracy (2015) he also ran a small theatre company performing at arts centres and festivals till 2020. He was awarded an MBE for services to community development in 2009.
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