February 5, died doctor of arts, academician of the Academy of arts, head of the Department of art history Valery Stefanovich Turchin

5 died February academician of the Russian Academy of arts, doctor of arts, Professor at Moscow state University (1980), head of the Department of history of Russian art Department of the history and theory of art history faculty of Moscow state University Valery Stefanovich Turchin@

Valery Stefanovich Turchin was born in 1941 in Leningrad in 1966 graduated from the Department of history and theory of art history faculty of Moscow state University in 1974 at the Institute of art history and archaeology at Sorbonne@

Valery Turchin - author of more than 22 monographs, 300 articles on the history of Russian and foreign art of the XIX - twentieth-century books, including "Orest Kiprensky", "Russian house", "the Era of romanticism in Russia. Essays, "Alexander I and Neoclassicism in Russia", "Kandinsky in Russia", "Image twenties", "the maze Avangard@

"Exquisite art, the only one in his generation scientist involved in the whole era of modern art from Genesis to the present day. The scientist who brought in Russian art history human point of view. Practices that supported the exhibition movement in the eighties. The scholar who wrote the first Russian textbook on contemporary art, through the maze of the avant-garde. Professor, gave an opportunity for many worship gay free-thinking students to defend themselves on Western and related topics. Topics of theses and dissertations that were created by Valery Stefanovich, always had a scientific and practical interest" (Alexey Turchin and Elizabeth Plavinsky@

ARTinvestment.RU expresses condolences to the families, colleagues and friends Valeria Stefanovich@

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