A confrontation with Peter the Great in the form of his statue suggests that the ordinary man is endlessly subject to the great forces of history as represented by Peter, and equally the victim of Nature in the shape of the flood which has destroyed his happiness. It concerns a young man, whose lover is lost in a flood in St Petersburg, and his subsequent descent into madness. Among other work Masjutin designed a Tarot pack. This title would have been one fo the first artistic ventures in his new home.

Masjutin left Russia in 190 and arrived in Germany in 1921. 'My dad was a 'life of the party person',' recalls Paullina. She was just a child when her dissident father Yuriy was arrested and sent to a prison camp. A bright, fresh example of a rare tile with the striking illustrations by an important Russian artist. The author of The Bronze Horseman trilogy grew up in Russia during the Iron Curtain years when life was restricted and difficult. 42 pages, illustrations in b/w, several full page. Grey boards with cloth spine and corners, corners with a little bit of wear. Masjutin, Newa Verlag, Berlin, 1922, 1st thus Masjutin German text. It was written in 1833, but was not published until 1841, after Pushkin’s death due to censorship of Pushkin’s works by the Russian government. The Bronze Horseman 1 The Bronze Horseman Paullina Simons 4. Der Eherne Reiter by Alexander Pushkin, illustrated by W.N. The Bronze Horseman: A Saint Petersburg Story is a narrative poem by 19th-century Russian poet, dramatist, and novelist Alexander Pushkin, who is considered Russia’s greatest poet.

Author of the bronze horseman