Letters

The correspondence of Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov is not only an invaluable testament to the creative achievements of an outstanding Russian artist, a chronicle of events in his biography and the evolution of his worldview and views on art, but also a remarkable document of a bygone era, capturing the image of a charming person, a representative of an extraordinarily intelligent noble family. A document resonating with the voices of Polenov himself and his correspondents – his parents and sister, his wife Natalia Yakunchikova, friends – Ilya Repin, Savva Mamontov, and many others.