Anton Ažbe’s pedagogical method’s influence on the stylistic development of Russian Empire painting in the late XIX — early XX century

Abstract

Anton Ažbe, a Slovenian artist and teacher, at 1891 opened a famous private art school in Munich, which attracted lot of young artists from all world during fourteen years. Ažbe’s pedagogical method played an important role in the stylistic development of Eastern Europe and Russian art in the late XIX ― early XX century. Due to the successful combination of openness to new ideas and the presence of a strong technical base, Ažbe’s pedagogical method developed individual creative inclinations of students, who were able to realize their potential in different areas of Avant-garde. The objective of this article is to show on concrete examples the Ažbe’s pedagogical method’s infl uence on the art’ stylistic development of his students from the Russian Empire ― natives of various national painting schools.