"Alexander Vertinsky. Legend of the Century "
ARTinvestment.RU   22 апреля 2014

March 21, 2014 marks the 125th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Vertinsky ( 1889-1957 ) - an outstanding artist , a poet , a composer , an extraordinary man of destiny. Many in our country remember and love his songs , knowing little about their author .

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time has come for the first time to talk about museum means A.Vertinsky - this unique phenomenon of Russian and European pop art of the twentieth century : the fate of his pre-revolutionary , 25 -year-old emigration, return to Soviet Russia , the fate of his songs .

A. Vertinsky is an example of true patriotism : the First World War , he worked for two years as a nurse in a Moscow hospital and hospital train , made ​​more than thirty thousand dressings ; returned from exile in Moscow at the height of World War II in 1943 , and then several times traveled all over the country , giving more than three thousand concerts , often charities . His performances introduces viewers to the poetry and culture of the Silver Age. The singer's repertoire included songs based on poems by Alexander Blok , Gumilev , Akhmatova , Tsvetaeva , R. Bloch, Annenskogo , N. Agnivtseva , favorite poets since his youth . The exhibition includes photographs of these poets .

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in 2013, 100 years since the beginning of acting work of Alexander Vertinsky ( 1913 Mamonovsky theater of miniatures in Moscow). Since then and until his death he did not leave the stage. The exhibition presents posters , photos, presentations and artist materials about friendship with outstanding actors (eg , S. Lifar , F. Chaliapin , Anna Pavlova , Tamara Karsavina , R. Green , etc. ).

From the pre-revolutionary times A.Vertinsky acted in films. His friendly relations with Ivan Mozzhukhin , Vera Cold , Marlene Dietrich and other stars of the silent and sound films ; the exhibition features excerpts from the movie .

special place in the exposition is material about the poet's wife Lydia Vertinskaya and his daughter Marianne and Anastasia .

The leitmotif of the exhibition - photos of Alexander and a voice sounding in all corners of the house Ostroukhova . Atmosphere of warmth and comfort of home help to convey the memorial of the office furniture and personal belongings Alexander Vertinsky. Manuscripts, letters , photographs unique , rare records from family archives A.Vertinsky given to the museum in November 2013 , formed the basis for the story of the life and work of the artist. The exhibition also contains materials from other funds of the State Literary Museum, the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, Museum Association All-Russian musical culture of the Glinka State Central Theater Museum . Bakhrushin , State Fund movies Russian Federation , Russian State Art Library .

About read also : « Anastasia Vertinskaya : My father - is the crown jewel of Russian culture ».

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