Southwest Art, October 1st, 2001
How Scottsdale dealer Ray E. J0n became a pre-eminent collector and proponent of Russian art I By Lynn Pyne Davis Ten years ago, Overland Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ, hosted its first show of Soviet Realist impressionist paintings from the 1940s, '50s, and '60s. Following is the story of how gallery owner Ray Johnson brought Russian art to an American audience. RAY JOHNSON STILL RECALLS THE CONVERSATION THAT sparked his all-consuming life's work in Russian art. It happened in the late 1980s at his Overland Gallery. "We were having a conversation about ballet dancers and the Bolshoi," Johnson s...
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