Essay "Modern Scandinavian painting" by S. P. Diaghilev as the reflection of his artistic principles
The article reports about the essay «Modern Scandinavian painting» by S. P. Diaghilev, which was published in the literary-scientific and public-political magazine «Severny Vestnik» in 1897 (November, № 11), and which has never been reprinted; about its importance in the organization of the Exhibition of Scandinavian artists (1897) and about relevant to the artistic life issues, that were raised by the author.