event
Fifteenth Traveling Art Exhibition (1887)
the Wanderers' exhibition
also: передвижная, передвижная выставка, Wanderers' exhibition, Peredvizhniki exhibition
The annual show of the Peredvizhniki (Society of Traveling Art Exhibitions), the realist-leaning artists' cooperative; Chekhov found its 1887 exhibition splendidly rich, in contrast to a weak Academy show seen the same visit.
Reading notes
- To F. O. Shekhtel, 11–12 March 1887. Petersburg. §9 The Academy exhibition is poor, but the Wanderers' exhibition struck me as splendid
A quick verdict on Petersburg's two rival annual art shows: the official Imperial Academy of Arts exhibition, which Chekhov found weak, against the independent Peredvizhniki ("Wanderers") show, which he preferred.