Today in the Pushkin Museum to them. Alexander Pushkin Exhibition of German, Austrian and Swiss figure XV-XX centuries «From Durer to Klée»

The State Museum of Fine Arts Pushkin presents the exhibition «From Durer to Klee. German, Austrian and Swiss Figure XV-XX Centuries from the Collection of the Pushkin Museum to them. Alexander Pushkin ».

Figure - one of the most ancient forms of chamber music and fine arts. Since the XV century, European artists painted on paper with pencil, pen, brush, charcoal, chalk, sepiey, watercolor, ink and gouache. The drawings are very delicate pieces of art. They are afraid of not only moisture but also the normal world. Therefore, in the museums of their store in the dense dark folders in closets, in special rooms where the sun does not looks. Each exhibition of drawings - are rare, but very happy event for any art museum. Gentle shining paint watercolors, thin, graceful lines of pencil or pen can bring joy not only the true connoisseurs of the picture, but also those who came to the museum for the first time.

This exhibition is timed to be released in light of the catalog-reason «German, Austrian and Swiss Figure XV-XX Centuries from the Collection of the Pushkin Museum to them. Alexander Pushkin »(in two volumes). Each catalog-reason - it's a true masterpiece of art, the fruit of many years of effort specialist museum. It is a set of monuments of a section of the museum, including the most comprehensive scientific description of each work.

During the ten years (since 1998), Pushkin Museum Pushkin publishes multi-set of directories reasons that contains unique information about the museum's collection. This is a landmark academic publication - the result of research work of several generations of museum scientists. Have already been issued and entered into scientific usage directories Flemish, Dutch paintings and drawings, French paintings, Japanese prints, paintings of Italian, Russian figure. The new catalog, reasons will be able to see and to appreciate the exhibition visitors.

The exhibition will be presented to more than 250 drawings and watercolors of German, Austrian and Swiss artists. The centerpiece of the museum's main exhibition room - White Hall - will take masterpieces masters XV-XVIII centuries.

The exhibition not only takes great aesthetic pleasure to visitors, but also gives a vivid picture of the development of German art for six centuries.

The exhibition opens today in the main building (Volkhonka, 12) and continuing until May 24.

Source: a press release to them the Pushkin Museum. Alexander Pushkin