Gatchina Palace in watercolors Edward Hau and Luigi Premazzi
ARTinvestment.RU   16 декабря 2013

The exhibition, which opens today at the State Pushkin Museum, show 56 sheets of watercolor copyright Edward Hau and Luigi Premazzi the interior of the Gatchina Palace

State Pushkin Museum
December 16, 2013 - March 21, 2014

Ul. Prechistenka, 12/2

Today at the State Pushkin Museum opens exhibition « Gatchina Palace in watercolors Edward Hau and Luigi Premazzi ." Moscow audience for the first time be able to see in a full scenic treasures from the collection of the Museum " Gatchina" - palace interiors in watercolors and Luigi Premazzi . Total 56 sheets of watercolor copyright .

Finer in technique , color and detail accuracy depicted interior decoration of palace halls, watercolors and E. Hau L. Premazzi are also priceless historical material . They give an almost documentary representation of the past splendor of the Gatchina Palace - one of the main suburban residences of the Russian imperial family , has experienced in the last century revolutionized the predatory and destructive war .

Together with drawings Gatchinsky Museum brought to the exhibition a few genuine items from the palace and rare books related to the royal family , including " The court calendars " at the 1794 and 1798 years , "Ode to the betrothal Their Imp . Conducted Highnesses . Book. Alexander Pavlovich and Veale. Princess Elizabeth Alekseevny "( 1793 )," Ekzertsitsii preparing to march , rank and position of regimental ranks " (1756) , " Rules of the dress code for the generals "(1856 ).

Gatchina , located 45 kilometers from St. Petersburg , is a " pearl necklace " historic palace and park ensembles , stretched around the former imperial capital . Gatchina Palace was built for Grigory Orlov , a favorite of the Empress Catherine II and the famous statesman , designed and led by the Italian architect Antonio Rinaldi. Palace contemporaries admired originality and refinement. It is compared with a slam lock with Italian palazzo of the Renaissance . In the 1790s it was partially rebuilt for the new owner , Emperor Paul I. Last Gatchina Palace was rebuilt in 1845-1856 years the famous St. Petersburg architect RI Kuzmin on behalf of Nicholas I. Arsenal Block was remodeled main building of the palace - it housed the new ceremonial rooms , art galleries, private rooms of the Royal Family and heir to the throne . The majority of the premises of the XVIII century , located in the main building , on the orders of the emperor was only restored and left a memorial era Paul I. Subsequent owners of the palace crowned continued the tradition of respect for the interior, created by their predecessors . So at the beginning of the XX century in the Gatchina Palace could see state rooms and living rooms , which appeared in different eras and decorated in different styles .


EDWARD GAC Throne Empress Maria Feodorovna . 1877
Paper, pencil , watercolor, white
Source : Press Release GMF
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EDWARD GAC Dressing Emperor Paul I. 1877
Paper, pencil , watercolor, white
Source : Press Release GMF

Open the Gatchina Palace Museum in 1918 called " Suburban Hermitage " because of the richness and diversity of collections of historical interiors . During the Great Patriotic War the palace very seriously injured. Restoration only began in 1976 and is now fully restored only ceremonial rooms of the Central Corps .

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EDWARD GAC Dressing Empress Maria Feodorovna . 1880
Paper, pencil , watercolor, white
Source : Press Release GMF

Today we clearly can imagine looked like Gatchina Palace in the second half of the XIX century , thanks to the well-known artist Edward Hau . From 1874 until 1880 he created 56 sheets with views of the interiors of the Gatchina Palace . Today, all of them, including images cabinets Nicholas I and Alexander II, drawn back in 1862, are in the collection of the museum -reserve. In the 1870s, two watercolors of the Gatchina Palace interiors were painted other famous artists - Luigi Premazzi . Watercolors Gow Premazzi draw attention to technical excellence, accuracy and reliability transmission architecture , furniture, indoor decoration items . They played a crucial role in creating the restoration projects of the Gatchina Palace was badly damaged during World War II , and is currently accessed often restorers .

Source : press GMF release



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