In Moscow on May 22, will be auctioned «Russian conversation»
ARTinvestment.RU   22 мая 2008

Today, the hotel «Sovetskiy» for the second time the auction will be held «Russian conversation. XX Century »

Today, the hotel «Sovetskiy» for the second time the auction will be held «Russian conversation. XX Century ». The main part of a collection of genre works on the history of Russia, the village life, as well as the Soviet reality.

Visitors to the auction through the eyes of the artists will be able to see the major historic events, village ceremonies last century, portraits of his contemporaries. One of the important tasks of the upcoming auction - the revival of traditional collectible genre paintings. At the time, P. Tretyakov, SI Mamontov, S. Morozov, preserved for us the priceless works of artists - their contemporaries. A similar situation is gradually emerging in Russia beginning of the XXI century. Interest in the history of Russian fine art leads to a lot of interesting art collections open to the public.

This year's auction will be billed on the order of one hundred lots, including the work of famous artists VN Pchelina, N. Makovsky, KI ; Gorbatov, I. Galkin, stored in the State Tretyakov Gallery, one of the organizers of the Union of Russian Artists (1903), the legendary Russian landscape KF Юона, the celebrated painter of the early twentieth century, Y. ; Yu clover contrasts their creative ideas Peredvizhniki, etc.

Collection of Russian Art Gallery of auctions over time, becoming more diverse. Originally organized as the gallery, which deals with the Russian realist painting of XIX-XX centuries, Russian Art Gallery is actively expanding its presence in the market and offers works by local painters collectors who worked in different artistic styles.

The first auction of the same name was organized Russian Art Gallery a year ago, in May 2007. They are a guide galleries sought to refute the view that the pictures are not a serious demand for the current generation of collectors. The results of the first auction exceeded all expectations of organizers (sold 68% of collections), which, it was decided that the annual arranging trades on the Russian genre painting.

This year, Russian Art Gallery has decided to expand the boundaries of pre-exhibition and auction of the collection presented in a well-known restaurant project Stepan Mikhalkov «Indus». «In today's rush, when every minute counts, we forget about spirituality. We are surrounded by advertising slogans companies in our brain has no place and time for the perception of this art. With this exhibition we will give business people an opportunity to "experience the beauty and hope to gain new fans of Russian painting», - said director of the Russian Art Gallery Alexey Bogachev.

Source: www.style.rbc.ru