Exile From Russia
At the outbreak of the Great War Emily and most of the Shanks family move back to London. The family business and home are lost during the Russian Revolution. In 1916 and 1918 Emily exhibited her work at the summer exhibition at Royal Academy of Arts. She shows two paintings: 1916 ‘A bit of Moscow’ and 1918 ‘Peaceful Moscow’. Emily died on 13 January 1936 aged 78 years, at Holland road Kensington South.
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Famous quotes containing the words exile and/or russia:
“The bond between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him to his country; it is just as complex, often ambivalent, and in general it is understood completely only when it is broken: by exile or emigration in the case of one’s country, by retirement in the case of a trade or profession.”
—Primo Levi (1919–1987)
“Today’s difference between Russia and the United States is that in Russia everybody takes everybody else for a spy, and in the United States everybody takes everybody else for a criminal.”
—Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)