John Ellis Bowlt (born 1943) is an English

art historian Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

specialising in Russian

avant garde The avant-garde (; In 'advance guard' or 'vanguard', literally 'fore-guard') is a person or work that is experimental, radical, or unorthodox with respect to art, culture, or society.John Picchione, The New Avant-garde in Italy: Theoretical De ...

art of 1900-1930. He is a professor at the

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in C ...

and directs its Institute of Modern Russian Culture. In 2009, Bowlt received the

Order of Friendship The Order of Friendship (russian: Орден Дружбы, ') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation established by Boris Yeltsin by presidential decree 442 of 2 March 1994 to reward Russian and foreign nationals whose work, deeds a ...

from former

Russian President The president of the Russian Federation ( rus, Президент Российской Федерации, Prezident Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is the head of state of the Russian Federation. The president leads the executive branch of the federal ...

Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev ( rus, links=no, Дмитрий Анатольевич Медведев, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪf; born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician who has been serving as the dep ...

. He has received numerous awards and scholarships, including the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship and

Fulbright-Hays The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States Cultural Exchange Programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of ...

Awards.

Selected publications

*''Russian Art of the Avant-Garde: Theory and Criticism 1902–1934''. Thames and Hudson, London, 1988. (Documents of Twentieth-Century Art) *''Amazons of the Avant-Garde''. Guggenheim Museum, 2000. (With Matthew Drutt) *''Masterpieces of Russian Stage Design: 1880–1930''. Antique Collectors Club, 2012. *''Kazimir Malevich, 1878–1935''. University of Washington Press, 1991.

References

1943 births Living people Academics from London English art historians University of Southern California faculty Historians of Russia British expatriates in the United States Slade Professors of Fine Art (University of Cambridge) {{Russia-studies-bio-stub