An antique Russian book, The Crisis of Art and Contemporary Painting Painting Questions Forth Edition, by Andrey Grishchenko. Concerning Nikolay Berdyaevs lecture. The bankroll from the publication goes to the Moscow Art Atelier fund to help artists victims of the war. In the work, the author tried to object to his opponents those who, like Berdyaev, talk about a crisis in art, which in fact does not exist, trying to justify with painting their crisis, the crisis of morality, ephemeral theosophical theories and cosmic revolutions. In fact, Grishchenko wrote, painting develops according to its own laws. He clearly identified in his article a number of specific problems in the art of painting, which were successfully resolved by cubism. Published by Gorodskaya City printing house, Moscow, 1917. Antiquarian Librarian Books, Russian Art Study Books and Magazines, and Collectibles.