Ebook: Victor Arnautoff and the Politics of Art
Author: Robert W. Cherny
- Tags: Arnautoff Victor Michail -- 1896-1979, Arnautoff Victor Michail -- 1896-1979 -- Criticism and interpretation, Artists -- United States -- Biography, Russian American artists -- United States -- Biography, Art -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century, Art and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Artists Architects Photographers, ART -- Performance, ART -- Reference, HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK CA CO HI
- Series: Working Class in American History
- Year: 2017
- Publisher: University of Illinois Press
- Language: English
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Victor Arnautoff, an artist, was born in 1896 in the Russian empire. After serving as a cavalry officer in WWI and then in the White Siberian army during the Russian Civil War, he became part of the Russian diaspora, working for a Chinese warlord, studying art in San Francisco, and working with Diego Rivera in Mexico. This text examines his life and work.