Paintings of Nikolai Ge «Court of the Sanhedrin. "Guilty of death!" », Not over several years is on the restoration, will again be on display at the Tretyakov Gallery

From December 23 to January 18, 2009 State Tretyakov Gallery has demonstrated previously inaccessible public work NN Ge «Court of the Sanhedrin. "Guilty of death!" »(1892). A huge, about two to three meters, a cloth, long located in damaged condition due to the unique technology of restoration has become kind of exposition and can be displayed without fear for his safety.

«Court of the Sanhedrin. «Guilty of death!» - One of the most original, but least understood paintings «passionate cycle». Founded in the late period of creativity Nikolai Nikolaevich Ge (1831-1894) «passionate cycle» also includes the works of «What is truth?» ( 1890. TG), «Conscience. Judas »(1891. TG),« Calvary »(1893. TG),« Crucifixion »(1892. Orsay Museum, Paris),« Crucifixion »(1894. Whereabouts unknown).

Enter the picture in the exhibition practice preceded a large-scale monographic exhibition NN Ge, planned in 2011 to 180-th anniversary of the artist.

History

The fate of the painting is full of vicissitudes, its impact on the state. For censorship reasons «The Court Sanhedrin», written in the twentieth Mobile Art Exhibition in 1892, was immediately denied by the President of the display of the Imperial Academy of Arts, the Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich. Few could see the picture in the conference hall of the Academy on the eve of the opening of the exhibition. After banning the author took «Sanhedrin Court» in its name on the farm Ivanovsky Chernihiv province, where he continued to work on the canvas. As is evident from the letters of the artist Leo Tolstoy, Gay rewrote many times the figure and face of Christ.

After the death of N. Gay in 1894, the son of artist N. Gay, Jr., has sent two of his recent paintings - «Sanhedrin Court» and «Crucifixion» (1892) - Leo Tolstoy in clear Polyana. For transportation of paintings was taken off the stretcher and rolled into a roll, obernuv its newspapers. The daughter of writer TL Suhotina-Tolstaya, painting, paintings again pulled on the stretcher and tried to remove the fragments of newspapers, vlipshie to paint layer, but it succeeded only partially. In several places in a newspaper printed in the font painting. In 1897, N. Gay, Jr., conveyed a picture «Sanhedrin Court» as a gift to the Tretyakov Gallery. Very short, she was part of the exposition, which is confirmed by photographs of 1898 and then was transferred to the funds of the Gallery.

In the twentieth century canvas NN Ge exhibited little is not because of censorship, but because of poor preservation. Canvas disrepair and misshapen, yellow varnish film and pomutnela, many of toning changed in color. It is strongly distorted architectural flavor and prevents the perception of the work. The last picture is displayed on монографической artist exhibition, held at the Tretyakov Gallery in 1981 and has since been in storage.

Research and Restoration

Several generations of restorers and custodians of the Tretyakov Gallery for many years trying to solve the problem of restoration of paintings, more complicated dimensions of the canvas (201.3 x 297.5 cm). Restoration of old paintings with a multilayer painting, bubbles paint layer mesh krakelyura and considerable loss is a complex technological challenge. The method for its decision to develop for several years.

Before the start of restoration works department under the guidance of scientific expertise LI Gladkova were made available today, all the physico-chemical and technological studies, including multiple X-ray picture. Revealed the existence of the underlying layers of paint (the picture is written in the past used a canvas), confirmed by correspondence known artist of the processing of various parts of the composition. Depth study of pigments and chemical soil binder, the scientific staff of the State Scientific Research Institute for Restoration V. Kireeva and SA Pisareva helped dispel long-standing misconception about the «asphalt disease» as the main causes of poor condition of preservation of the painting.

Scientific-Production Association for museum restoration and conservation with the participation and under supervision of an oil painting of restorers Tretyakov Gallery AI Golubeyko, EG Volkova, AP castle, IL Monastyrsky, AG Orlov, T. Seregina, restorers of art frames VA Stavtseva, VN Klepova, SN Klepova, D. O . Voloshin, GP Strelnikova a number of complicated events, reviving the original look of the piece. As a result of restoration work enhanced the surface layer of paint and soil. Removing the old varnish, dirt and tonirovok restoration has restored color images. Authors canvas doubled in the restoration canvas, painting on a new tight Tablet stretcher, restored picture frames.

Along with the picture of NN Ge exhibited materials research - macrophotography and X-ray picture, as well as pictures illustrating the condition of the paintings before restoration and the work of specialists. Of particular interest are the images found technologists under a layer of the author's paintings and require further research.

After the presentation in the hall number 48 Tretyakov Gallery painting will return to the store, and after the reconstruction of the hall NN Ge takes place in the permanent exhibition.

Source: tretyakovgallery.ru