In Benoit Corps of the Russian Museum opens exhibition «Neoclassicism in Russia»

Today, the Corps Benoit Russian Museum opens exhibition «Neoclassicism in Russia». It continues a series of exhibitions devoted to major destinations in the domestic art of the early twentieth century ( «Symbolism in Russia», 1996; «Russian Impressionism», 2000; «Russian Futurism», 2000) and is the first in Russia монографической exposure Neoclassicism. The exhibition will be presented 180 paintings, drawings, and sculptures from the collection of Russian Museum.

A large number of neo-classical works exhibited at earlier in the Russian Museum exhibition «World of Art», «Portrait of the twentieth century», personal exhibitions AE Jakovleva and VI Shuhaeva , BM Kustodiev , Valentin Serov , Z. E. Serebryakova , etc. The exhibition «Neoclassicism in Russia» is unique not only because it is the first exhibition of neo-classical монографической, but also because that is comprehensive, reflecting the whole spectrum of neoclassical searches the first third of the twentieth century.

Neoclassicism - a retrospective of his painting of art in Europe and the United States the beginning of the twentieth century, who, in an effort to create a «big style» future, turned to the high traditions of antiquity, the Renaissance and Classicism.

Background Neoclassicism in Russia associated with the epoch of «death of cherry orchards», when rushilsya noble way of life, devastate old estates with their accumulated treasures of art. The theme of the passing of time permeated all of Russian literature and art of those years. In the 1898-meters in St. Petersburg has started work journal «world of art». Unity around his editor, SP Diaghilev, critics and artists were not only interpreters and promoters of new aesthetic ideas: they are rediscovering the beauty of Northern Palmyra contemporaries, the value of the national art XVIII - early XIX century, it is equally deny Peredvizhniki and akademistami . It formed a truly Neoclassical ideas. The exhibition includes cover images and vignettes for the magazine «The World of Art» LS Bakst and EE Lanceray , the front side of the various editions of the MV Dobuzhinsky , etc.

Mid 1900's - an important milestone in the history of Neoclassicism. At that time there were articles, preparing the society for the birth of Neoclassicism in art direction. In the days of the first Russian revolution of 1905-1907, when, disappointed by the reality that many have tried to find a lost ideal of harmony in the past, AN Benua wrote: «Beauty is the last track star in the twilight, in which resides the soul of modern humanity». However neoklassiki did not live past - they were looking into the future. As published in several editions of those years, the letter «Voice artists» A. Benoit, M. Dobuzhinsky, EE Lanceray and K . Somov A. expressed confidence that the «open before us put new life, unknown even to us the talents and energies, which will not be alone, as we, the modern artists and their art will be great, a truly popular art of the future ».

In the middle and latter half of 1900-ies a lot of neo-classical works, but by early 1910's they formed a considerable «flow» in all types of arts. Like their counterparts in the West, Russian artists neoklassiki were not organizationally merged: they are participants in a variety of groups that are in search of inspiration and expression, called on the art of antiquity and the classical eras. The exhibition gives a comprehensive picture of how the «multi» a Russian neoclassicism.

to a greater extent than in the rest of Europe, Russian neoclassicism 1910-ies positioned itself as a «conservator» highest traditions of national culture and traditions the world of classical art, which the artists neoklassikov were threatened with death in connection with the avant-garde.

The exhibition presents the work of participants in association «The World of Art» and the Union of Russian Artists (SRH), whose works entertained both present and ancient mythology. Among them are paintings «Song of Apollo and fawn dryad» (1908) AN Benoit, «Odyssey and Navzikaya» and «Abduction of Europe» (both - 1910) Serov, portraits, drawings KA Somov ( «AA Nolde Portrait», 1911), prints AP-Ostroumova Lebedeva (« View Neva through the columns of the Stock Exchange », 1908). Spirit imbued with neo-classical sculptures and is fond of the Greek archaic ST Konenkova ( «Youth», 1907), and draws inspiration from the works of an era Renaissance DS Stelletskogo ( «Leonardo da Vinci», 1908), and the lyrical landscapes of NP Krymov (« At dawn », 1910). In his paintings and sculptures they have captured the face of people Silver Age (KA Somov «Portrait MG Lukyanova», 1918; AE Yakovlev «Portrait Kazarozy», 1916; O. Della-Vos-Kardovsky « Self-Portrait », 1917; A. Golubkina «Portrait EP The forward-Ryabushinskoy», 1912; KF Yuon «Self-Portrait», 1912). A special place is occupied by a graphic design and book design DI Mitrokhin , GI Narbut , SV Chekhonin .

Petersburg neoclassicism, based on high school academic, aesthetic platform of the New Society of Artists (NOH). The display shows «written» landscapes KF Bogaevskogo , in which the artist-oriented geroizirovanny landscape XVII century classicism ( «Classic Landscape» , 1910). Personality traits are reflected in the neo-classical works BM Kustodiev ( «Portrait RI Notgaft», 1914), the aesthetic tastes of which evolved from Impressionism - through the modern - to neoclassicism. A great contribution to the development of Neoclassicism paid members NOH VI Shuhaev ( «Portrait of E. Shuhaevoy», 1917) and AF Gaush ( «The May Morning», 1908).

In addition to the well-known paintings KS Petrov-Vodkin ( «Mother», 1915) Z. E. Serebryakova ( «Bath», 1913; «Belem canvas», 1917), A. Yakovlev ( «Violinist», 1915), the exhibition presents a series of works that are exhibited for the first time. Among them, the canvas VI Shuhaeva «Polk positions» (1917). This unique portrait of a group of Russian army officers of the First World War is the biggest piece in the exhibition. Also for the first time presented the picture S. Karpova «Tezey and Minotaur» (1921), etching I. Nivinskogo , IA Fomin, VN Taleporovskogo, a number of sketches of murals A. Benoit and E. Lanceray, drawings VD Falileeva , A. I . Beloborodova , NP Ulyanova , etc.

In the 1920's neoclassicism has continued to grow, bringing into its orbit by new entrants, despite the fact that most eminent of the current left Russia forever. Neoclassical ideas implemented in the works of the representatives of artistic associations «4 of art», MKO, «Makovets», etc. This can be seen on the example of subtle psychological portrait of the creative intelligentsia (Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin «Portrait of Anna Akhmatova», 1922 ; A. Shenderov «Portrait of the artist TYuZa Gypsum clear», 1924; NE Radlov «Portrait of the Poet MA Kuzmin», 1926).

The exhibition gives an idea about how on the eve of the 1920-1930's neoklassikov ideas, their dreams of a perfect human being and a harmonious society the device is refracted in the art of socialist realism. Works as an artist whose career began before October (KF Yuon «Podmoskovnye young», 1926, KF Bogaevsky «petroleum», 1931), and representatives emerged in the mid 1920's in Moscow and Leningrad, «Society Easel »(GRL) and« Circle artists ». They proclaimed the purpose of its activities to create a modern easel painting, but turned to the traditions of ancient Russian icons and frescoes, Byzantine mosaics, works of masters of the Renaissance ( A. N . Samokhvalov «Girl in a T-shirt», 1932; AA Deineka «Run», 1932-33) .

Source: mkrf.ru