In 1889, he was part of an ethnographic research group which travelled to the Vologda region north of Mos, he relates that the houses and churches were decorated with such shimmering colours that upon entering them, he felt that he was moving into a painting.
In 1889, he was part of an ethnographic research group which travelled to the Vologda region north of Moscow. In "Looks on the Past", he relates that the houses and churches were decorated with such shimmering colours that upon entering them, he felt that he was moving into a painting.