One Does Not Understand Life Immediately
From her time as an young outspoken shaker of the status quo in Moscow through to her eventual position as…
We Stretch Out Our Hands To The Futurists
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I Wish To Display My Artistic Development
Throughout her career in both Russia and the West, Natalia Gontcharova showcased her work in a series of solo exhibitions…
I Destroy This Holy Of Holies
The term 'Anti-Individualist' is an unusual description for an artist, one that runs exactly contrary to the prevailing Individualism that…
Pathetic Snails will Stick to any Great Ship
In February of 1912, Natalia Gontcharova took part in the Jack of Diamonds public debate held at the Moscow Polytechnical…
We Wish To Leave Deep Footprints Behind Us
From her earliest days as a student in Moscow through to her final years in Paris, works by Natalia Gontcharova…
Beauty In The Fourth Dimension
Natalia Gontcharova, perhaps above all else, was a spiritual painter. She created art according to her personal sense of modern…
I Am Opening Up The East
“Now I shake the dust from my feet and leave the West, considering its vulgarizing significance trivial and unimportant -…
We Demand A Knowledge Of Painterly Craftsmanship
A wide-ranging list of sources for further research into the life & works of Natalia Gontcharova in the worlds of…
Do Not Ever Destroy Your Paintings
In the world of Natalia Gontcharova, the seemingly simple act of dating a piece of her artwork is often made…