Monet exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris

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Yes, I agree with you, but in Western Europe Repin called "Russian Courbet, Alexey Kharlamov - Russian Bonn (" Bonn little "or" Russian-Spanish Frenchman, "as sarcastically spoke of Russian criticism of him) and so on. Why? And such a comparison as "Russian Courbet, considered the highest praise.

Ivan Turgenev, who lived in Paris, met in 1874, a young Russian artist Alexei Kharlamov, was fascinated by his talent and he predicted a bright future: "There were two remarkable artist - Repin and Kharlamov, - he wrote. - The second in particular will go far. "
Unfortunately, not gone, carried away by an imitation of then fashionable French artist Leon Bonn.

But Andrei Rublev in the West as the first Russian artist, appreciate, noting its identity and spiritual fulfillment.

At one time director of the Winter Palace and Hermitage collection Vasilchikov Prince expressed his deep regret over the state of Russian art in view of its zatesnennosti Western European influence, citing as the most typical example has just delivered Bryullova painting "The Last Days of Pompeii."

Later arose the school of admirers and followers of Cézanne, not without the participation of Mayakovsky, irresponsibly saying that now de our god - Cezanne, and tomorrow may be - Gauguin.

From time to time there follow the trends of Western art of different epochs: a "low Dutch", the Italian Renaissance ... there is a "Russian Matisse", "Russian Dali", "Russian Klimt ...

Remember the words of Corot: "Do not imitate, do not follow others, you will be behind them."