Go to fight some old

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Probably not worth a newcomer to climb "in the battle with the old one, but I still try:

Сообщение от Tjutchev

A "fake Shishkin" of works by the Düsseldorf school doing just for professionals such as you, who believe in the tale of the secondary and the mediocrity of Russian art. What you want is what you get. (Early Shishkin really shows a clear influence dyusseldorftsev, which is quite natural. Next is the mighty Russian talent flourishes in all power and overshadows the Germans. Look, compare, and you will understand what I mean.)

Before drawing such conclusions is probably worth reading the earlier posts in which LCR wrote something like: ... as you can after Malevich, Rodchenko, Tatlin to "Socialist realism" ...

I will not quote LCR, and quote Lentulova, I hope that for you it is the authority: "When in France was impressionism, we - the Wanderers, and the first, of course, higher than the second."
Here, then, in my opinion, is that body of water that separates the Russian art as a secondary, imitative (even if carried to its highest level, overcomes the teachers) of Russian art innovation, which gave a huge boost to the entire world of art. Check out Camilla Gray, she wrote that all the new trends in art of the second half of XX century. turns out, were invented by Russian avant-garde in the 1910-1920-ies.

Will your post number 103, but I'd shot, because quotation LCR, which you mention, in other words expresses your same idea, confirmed by a quote from Kandinsky. Only you mention it in contrast. "Shea butter" is obtained. In general, the message is pretty rough, in my opinion.