André-Marc Delocque-Fourcaud

The Collector is a fascinating biography detailing the life of Sergei Shchukin, the great collector who transformed Russia’s art world. Sergei Shchukin was not only a highly successful textiles merchant in the latter half of the nineteenth century, but he also possessed an extraordinary eye for beauty. Shchukin was one of the first to appreciate the quality of the Impressionists...