Ian Vorres's "The Last Grand Duchess" and the next bio on Tihon Kulikovsky
Alberto Posted Jun 30, 2001 7:54 PM
I was in Washington DC three weeks ago and went into the Arts and Industries Building on The Mall , where I discovered a display of Grand Duchess Olga's paintings (about 6) with some photographs of her.
The display is called "After The Splendor -Art of the Last Grand Duchess of Russia"
I asked at the information how long it would be on for but they are not certain.
The case had a list of sources about Olga including the Vorres book The Last Grand Duchess (1964)and it also said an updated version of this book is coming out in Fall 2001
Mark
Hello Mark
thank you very much for the information! It will be of great interest to the many people who are interested in GD Olga's life in theis Message Board. I think few of them(us) have the original copy as it was mentionned here it's so rare and expensive. Great we will have an oportunity to find it more available next year! (and by the way I am reading right now her so criticised biography by Patricia Phenix, now this is a coincidence!)
Ian Vorres was very young when he wrote his biography on her and certainly he msut be alive and maybe he was in charge of this exposition as he is an art historian.
As for her paintings I am including one of them and on the link below one can see more
Alberto
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: Ian Vorres was very young when he wrote his
: biography on her and certainly he msut be
: alive and maybe he was in charge of this
: exposition as he is an art historian.
I guess it was the bio by Patricia Phenix that prompted Ian Vorres to publish a new edition of his book, because I know she has kind of trodden on his toes. I was told last year that Vorres even threatens proceedings against her - but I don't know exactly why.
Stig
Hello Stig
thank you very much. It's a mysterious affair...on page 293 of her biography Phenix mentions Ian Vorres' book among her "List of Obtained Permissions".
Well, it seems things are going to become quite hot...
Alberto
I have and I read both books, in my opinion they are very interestings and both have errors.
If you can, read them both.
Claudia
Am looking forward to this new edition ( I searched the net for the original..but those for sale were far too expensive at this moment!).
What I, personally, would like to read would be a book about Olga's sons...they have both lived a rather ~let's say ~ unusual life..and they sure might have (had) many interesting stories to tell..
May be some of Olga's descendants will write something..someday???
Marianne
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: Am looking forward to this new edition ( I
: searched the net for the original..but
: those for sale were far too expensive at
: this moment!).
Well, if you just can't wait to read the book, you should buy the Danish edition, which was republished last year (150 kr.)
: What I, personally, would like to read would
: be a book about Olga's sons...they have
: both lived a rather ~let's say ~ unusual
: life..and they sure might have (had) many
: interesting stories to tell..
: May be some of Olga's descendants will write
: something..someday???
If everything goes well, you won't have to wait more than a few months to read a Danish book on Olga's first-born son Tihon Kulikovsky...
Stig
Yes thanks, I had gathered as much from some rumors I heard lately (!).
Looking forward to it!
Marianne