Art talk: Russia's rollercoaster engagement with British art

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British artists have long attracted attention from Russia’s collectors, commentators, and connoisseurs. Imperial and aristocratic collections acquired British art from the 1770s. British painters enjoyed their fair share of adventures in Russia, while Russian artists found much both to admire and to decry in their British counterparts. In this lecture, art historian Rosalind Blakesley traces the highs and lows of this relationship, from the enthusiastic encounters of the late 18th-century to robust engagement with the Realist and Pre-Raphaelite practice as the Imperial period drew to a close.