The Museum of Russian Impressionism has a bright, rich exhibition, Other Shores: Russian Art in New York, about the 1924 show that introduced the American public to Konchalovsky, Lentulov, Petrov-Vodkin, Polenov, Yuon, Vasnetsov…

The Museum of Russian Impressionism has a bright, rich exhibition, Other Shores: Russian Art in New York, about the 1924 show that introduced the American public to Konchalovsky, Lentulov, Petrov-Vodkin, Polenov, Yuon, Vasnetsov, Kustodiev, Arkhipov, Larionov, Grabar, Saryan and other outstanding names of Russian art. It was not the avant-gardists who took the Americans' fancy but the Russian guelder rose: Polenov sold out, Bakst stayed on in the United States to design the interiors of the wealthy, and Petrov-Vodkin's Yellow Face was taken for a boy altogether. The exhibition toured many states and visited 20 cities, and a considerable number of the works remained in local collections. The Museum of Russian Impressionism has, as it were, recreated the hypothetical appearance of that show and gathered the most important and interesting stories about the fate of the canvases it displayed. I most strongly recommend it