Impressionists in the General Staff

Today, the names of these artists - Monet, Degas, Pissarro, Renoir, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne - even a schoolboy knows. But their contemporaries, even the most progressive connoisseurs of art, were not ready to accept their work. We will tell you how it turned out to change this situation, and what role Russian merchants played in this. Today, the Hermitage Museum collection is considered one of the best in the world.

You will know:

• How the Salon of the Les Miserables influenced the future Impressionists
• Whose artists exhibited on Boulevard Capuchinok
• Who gave the name to the whole direction and why the public first rejected the great canvases
• What a mark in literature have artists left?
• How the posing process works and why even professional models didn’t like to pose for Degas
• Who are Shchukin and Morozov and what did Russian merchants do?

much more

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The price does not include:

Museum tickets: you must purchase them in advance for yourself and your guide

• It will be interesting for adults and children from 12 years old.
• The tour can be held for more people - up to 4. Supplement - 1000 per person.
• The tour will be conducted by me or another guide from our team.