SPECIFIC FEATURES OF RECEPTION OF RUSSIAN CULTURE’S IMAGES BY VINCENT VAN GOGH (BASED ON LETTERS ABOUT I. TURGENEV)
The article is devoted to the literary analysis of Van Gogh’s three letters, in which the image of I.S. Turgenev is created. Special attention is paid to the explicit level of reception of Russian culture. The specific features of Van Gogh’s perception of Russian culture in this perspective are presented in the context of his interest in realism. The image of I. S. Turgenev, created by Van Gogh, is presented as an image of the mediator of cultures, who is included into the circle of European writers and artists of his time.