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Catalogue >Fine Art >  Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection >  Twentieth-Century Russian and East European Painting Twentieth-Century Russian and East European Painting John E. Bowlt and Nicoletta Misler The fifty nine Russian and East European paintings and drawings accumulated by the late Baron Thyssen during the 1970s and 1980s include major works by Goncharova, Larionov, Lissitzky, Malevich, Rodchenko, Moholy-Nagy, Popova, Rozanova and other Avant-Garde artists. 280 pages, 59 colour and 100 mono illustrations, cloth, 293 x 241mm ISBN 0 302 00619 2 | Retail price £110.00  Online price: £76.00 / €114.00 At the heart of this pioneering study - the result of exhaustive comparative research in Russian, European and American collections - is an illustrated catalogue which provides detailed descriptions of each work in the context of the artist's career and the broader artistic developments of the age. The condition, provenance, and previous location of the works are also detailed. The catalogue is introduced by three essays: The Russian Avant-Garde, the Hungarian Avant-Garde, and the history of the collecting of Russian Avant-Garde art. The volume concludes with artists' biographies, bibliographical information, a glossary and index. A catalogue of 59 works, written by two of the most eminent scholars in the field. About the author John E. Bowlt is Professor of Slavic Studies at the University of Southern California, where he is also Director of the Institute of Modern Russian Culture and has published widely on aspects of modern russian art. Nicoletta Misler is Professor of Modern East European Art at the Instituto Universitario Orientale, Naples, where she lectures on both contemporary Italian art and the russian Avant-Garde movement.