The rise of critical realism in nineteenth-century Russia culminated in 1870 with the formation of the Wanderers, Russia’s first independent artistic society. Through depictions of the harsh lives of
This book follows the life and work of Thomas Chalmers (1780–1847) from his childhood in Anstruther to the end of his ministerial career in Glasgow in 1823. He became a theologian, minister and Scotti
This is the first critical analysis of the Wanderers from an art historical perspective. Through close readings of single canvases, investigations of major themes and a multi-disciplinary integration
