Natalia Gontcharova raging against the machine since 1881

Artistic Manifesto

Shaking Off the Dust of the West

Natalia Gontcharova Moscow

I aspire toward nationality and the East, not to narrow the problems of art but, on the contrary, to make it all-embracing and universal. If I extol the art of my country, then it is because I think that it fully deserves this and should occupy a more honorable place than it has done hitherto...

Natalia Gontcharova raging against the machine since 1881