The 'Unknown' Artist Who Is Now Breaking Auction Records ; an Artist Who Died Penniless but Now Sets Auction Records Features in a New Book. David Whetstone Talks to Dr Anthony Parton About Natalia Goncharova's Legacy.

The Journal › October 12, 2010

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IT WAS back in 1996, when the North East was hosting the Year of the Visual Arts, that a fabulous exhibition was mounted at Newcastle University's Hatton Gallery.

It featured 250 pictures by the Russian artist Natalia Goncharova which had recently come to light down a Paris back street. Anthony, then working at the gallery, was ecstatic.

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The 'Unknown' Artist Who Is Now Breaking Auction Records ; an Artist Who Died Penniless but Now Sets Auction Records Features in a New Book. David Whetstone Talks to Dr Anthony Parton About Natalia Goncharova's Legacy.

When people saw the exhibition they understood why. The pictures were beautiful, vivid and as good as anything even the most avid gallery-goers had seen.

Goncharova (1881-1962) was a lively lady who came to be acknowledged as the leader of the Russian avant garde. As you can see from the old photo here, she...

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