The Treasure of William Brumfield Premieres in Moscow
The film will be shown Sunday at the Shchusev Museum of Architecture. Feb. 11, 2021 William Craft Brumfield at work. From The Treasure of William Brumfield
On Sunday the Shchusev State Museum of Architecture in Moscow will host the premiere of a documentary film about one of the world’s foremost specialists in ancient Russian architecture, the American professor at Tulane University, William Craft Brumfield. The film, “The Treasure of William Brumfield,” was written and directed by Irma Komladze, a renowned photographer, filmmaker, designer and artist.
Brumfield, the author of many books on Russian architecture and culture, photographer, and professor, has spent almost a half century tramping through Russia’s cities, towns and hinterlands, photographing and studying ancient churches, monasteries and secular structures. Over his career he has ta