Aleksandr Rodchenko. A Portrait of N A Rusakov. 1912

A Portrait of N A Rusakov

Aleksandr Rodchenko

1912

Aleksandr Rodchenko. Dance: An Objectless Composition. 1915

Dance: An Objectless Composition

Aleksandr Rodchenko

1915

Konstantin Korovin. By the Window. undated

By the Window

Konstantin Korovin

undated

Konstantin Korovin. At the Window. 1923

At the Window

Konstantin Korovin

1923

Mikhail Nesterov. A Wounded Soldier. 1915

A Wounded Soldier

Mikhail Nesterov

1915

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Подвиг есть и в сражени, подвиг есть и в борьбе, высший подвиг в терпени, любви, и мольбе.

Алексей Хомяков

There are great feats in battle, there are great feats in struggle, but the greatest feats are patience, love, and supplication.

Aleksei Khomyakov

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This is a postcard from the First World War (“The Great War”)… click here for the étude for this piece.

BMD

Sergei Vlasov. An Afternoon Nap at the Dacha. 1910s

An Afternoon Nap at the Dacha

Sergei Vlasov

1910s