John Ellis Bowlt

John Ellis Bowlt (born 6 December 1943) is a former British art historian specialising in the Russian avant garde.^[2]

Bowlt is a professor at the University of Southern California and directs its Institute of Modern Russian Culture.^[3]

In 2009, Bowlt received the Order of Friendship from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. He has received numerous awards and scholarships, including the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship and Fulbright-Hays Awards.^[4]

• Russian Art of the Avant-Garde: Theory and Criticism 1902–1934. Thames and Hudson, London, 1988. (Documents of Twentieth-Century Art)
• Masterpieces of Russian Stage Design: 1880–1930. Antique Collectors Club, 2012.
• Kazimir Malevich, 1878–1935. University of Washington Press, 1991.
• Bowlt, John E. (1982). The Silver Age: Russian art of the early twentieth century and the "World of Art" group (2 ed.). Newtonville, Massachusetts: Oriental Research Partners. ISBN 0-89250-088-3.
• Bowlt, John E. (1989). "Manufacturing Dreams: Textile Design in Revolutionary Russia". Revolutionary Costume: Soviet Clothing and Textiles of the 1920s. New York City: Rizzoli International Publications. pp. 17–32. ISBN 0-8478-1053-4.
• Bowlt, John E.; Matich, Olga, eds. (1999). Laboratory of Dreams: Russian Avant-garde and Cultural Experiment. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-3652-9.
• Bowlt, John E. (2008). Moscow & St. Petersburg 1900-1920 : art, life & culture of the Russian silver age. New York City: Vendome Press. ISBN 978-0-86565-191-3.

• Bowlt, John E. (1982). Bowlt, John E. (ed.). Russian Stage Design: Scenic Innovation, 1900-1930 : From the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Nikita D. Lobanov-Rostovsky. Jackson, Mississippi: Mississippi Museum of Art.
• Bowlt, John E.; Drutt, Matthew, eds. (2000). Amazons of the Avant-garde: Alexandra Exter, Natalia Goncharova, Liubov Popova, Olga Rozanova, Varvara Stepanova and Nadezhda Udaltsova. New York City: Guggenheim Museum Publications. ISBN 0-89207-225-3.