Aleksandr Kamensky

Aleksandr Abramovich Kamensky (Александр Абрамович Каменский) (1922–1992) was a Soviet art critic and art historian. In 1954 he wrote an important article attacking the art establishment under Stalin. he argued that artistic merit needed to be valued over ideological correctnees.[1] He would go on to write about and champion the works of artists such as Marc Chagall, and Martiros Saryan.

Aleksandr Abramovich in his study.

Aleksandr Kamensky

Selected bibliography
  • Konenkov (1962)
  • Vernisages (1974)
  • Nathan Altman (1978)
  • Knightly Feat: A Book About The Sculpture of Anna Golubkina (1978) (reprinted as Anna Golubkina, Her Personality, And Age in 1990)
  • Etudes on the Artists of Armenia (Erevan, 1979)
  • Martiros Sarian (1987)
  • Chagall: The Russian Years 1907-1922 (1988–1989)
  • Romantic Montage (1989)
  • The World of Art Movement in Early 20th Century Russia (with Vsevolod Nikolayevich Petrov)
  • Oleg Tselkov (1992)
  • Marc Chagall, An Artist From Russia (unabridged version of Chagall: The Russian Years published posthumously)

References
  1. Thatcher, I.D. (2016). Regime and Society in Twentieth-Century Russia: Selected Papers from the Fifth World Congress of Central and East European Studies, Warsaw, 1995. International Council for Central and East European Studies. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-349-27185-6. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
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