"The Art of Pastel" in the Tretyakov Gallery
ARTinvestment.RU   19 декабря 2013

Today at the State Tretyakov Gallery opens the exhibition "Art of pastels. From the funds graphics XVIII - beginning of XX century. " The exhibition has collected about 150 pastels - works Rokotova, Levitan, Benoit, Vrubel, and many other Dobu

Tretyakov Gallery December 19, 2013 - May 18, 2014
Moscow, Lavrushinsky Lane , 10, graphics halls 49-54

Today the State Tretyakov Gallery opens the exhibition " Art pastels. From the funds graphics XVIII - beginning of XX century . " Changing exhibitions of traditional funds graphics this time reconstructs aroused great interest among the public exhibition in 2004 , dedicated to the art of pastels, the most fragile and exquisite of graphic techniques . Preservation of " loose " pastel works does not allow them often and longer exhibit . Therefore, the exhibition of pastels - always a significant event .

In the Tretyakov Gallery holds about 800 pastels , some of them were purchased by P. Tretyakov . The exhibition presents about 150 of the most interesting works reflecting different genres , formal artistic techniques , changing tastes and trends .

favorite artists of various epochs , pastel is most prevalent in the XVIII century . It was then , in the second half of the century , this technique appeared in Russia . The first known foreign masters were pastelistami - GF Schmidt , B. Eriksen , JG Schmidt , J. Bard , and their younger contemporary K. Bard . As they created portraits appear before the audience live human face - and the famous and obscure . One of the best works of this section - " Portrait of an Unknown " C. Yasnopolskogo . Imagery , silver pearl pastel range of this work in common with the works F. Rokotov .

In Age of Romanticism pastel becomes a favorite technique of many masters , organically incorporating it into the fabric pattern. The intensity of color pastels emphasizes emotional sounding pencil portrait O. Kiprensky . Quick Italian pencil strokes combined with flashes of color in luscious pastel drawings dynamic A. Orlovsky . Pastels portraits A. Venetsianov built on soft overflow touches , subtle harmonies of color relationships . Possession of exquisite features pastels allows the artist to transform the mundane nature in high poetry .

50 -60- ies of the XIX century , as the Russian master sinking deeper into the problems of social life , and dominant place in art won critical realism , colorful pastel becoming rarer . Refined art pastels previous eras changed more democratic monochrome drawing sauce (portraits INKramskoy ).

second birth pastel experiencing at the end of XIX century. Significantly expands the theme executed in this technique works, clearly revealed the variety of individual manners traded her artists .

In the tradition of salon academic art - filled extraordinarily popular among his contemporaries work Makovsky . In " tsvetopisi » I. Levitan united scenic and picturesque beginning of this technique. Serov treated pastels primarily as an aristocratic drawing tool. The search for a new style of drawing led him to the bed " elegant grafizmu ».

B. E. Borisov-Musatov , combining pastels with watercolor , gouache , and even oil, reached extraordinary sophistication textures , creating the effect of a mobile , vibrating colorful environment. The technique of the artist pastels received symbolical interpretation , helping to capture images of the bygone era .


Victor Borisov-Musatov
Lady in tapestry. Portrait Stanyukovich N. Yu .
1903 Pastel on paper . 57,5 × 42
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 Victor Borisov-Musatov hazel bush
Victor Borisov -Musatov
hazel bushes . 1905
Watercolour, pastel , black ink. 74 × 60
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Victor Borisov-Musatov

Autumn Pastel . 46 × 63,5
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VALENTIN
Valentin Serov
Strigunov on watering . Domotkanovo . 1904
Paper on cardboard , pastel. 38,5 × 63
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Title M. A.Vrubelya to pastels was brief - in this technique performed his last , unfinished work mostly . Figures portrayed as if exude dark haze background image made ​​up of individual bright strokes and stains .

Passion pastel artists in the circle "World of Art " was considered in line with the revival of forgotten techniques. Styling elements and even simulate the manner of the old masters works inherent Benoit , K. Somov , Z. Serebryakova . Do M. Dobuzhinsky ephemeral fragility pastels embodied poetic metaphor Petersburg XX century .

MIHAIL
Mikhail Vrubel
Pearl . 1904
Cardboard, pastel , gouache, charcoal , paper applique. 35 × 43,7
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NIKOLAY
Nicholas Roerich
paragraph Hariu . Finnish Study. 1907
Paper on cardboard , pastel. 46,5 × 46,5
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Use decorative features pastels, Maestro " drawing color" - deliberately open, frank bar , curlicue lines - distinguished work N. Sapunova , Roerich .

exhibition demonstrates the rich possibilities of pastel techniques and ways of its development in the Russian art from the onset in the XVIII century heyday in the early twentieth century .

Source : press Release TG



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