Landscape (Trees and Goats)

Discussion

FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG

A monumental cypress tree looms above a group of goats and goatherds in a tan field; green and blue mountains zigzag through the background. Gritchenko had begun his career among avant-garde circles in Moscow but fled following the revolutions of 1918. He spent the next few years immersing himself in Mediterranean sites, seeking to capture what he understood as deep connections between ancient artistic traditions and modernism.

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