Today in the Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val opens exhibition of works by Dmitri Mochalskogo

Today, in the Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val (hall № 21-22) opens exhibition «Dmitry Mochalsky - romantic socialist realism», which will last until May 25.

Creativity Dmitry Konstantinovich Mochalskogo , reflected life in the era of turning the Great Patriotic War and «Thaw», allowing to consider the phenomenon of Soviet art late 1940's - 1960's. The context of the exhibition is more than the story of the recognized classics of socialist realism.

The first museum retrospective of the famous painter and the schedule mid-twentieth century, is dedicated to 100 anniversary of his birth.

Mochalsky Dmitry Konstantinovich (1908-1988) - People's Artist of the USSR, member of the Academy of Arts of USSR, State Prize Laureate of Russia IE Repin - was at the epicenter of many historic events.

Childhood passed him in the capital in the family soldier in 1930 for «neproletarskoe» origin of the future artist was expelled from the institute, but later restored. At an early age he had to watch the revolutionary events in Petrograd, in the mature years - to become a witness to and participant in the Great Patriotic War.

In an effort to capture their era truthfully, sincerely believing in the social and spiritual ideals, the artist went to where the most important events unfolded, both the liberation of Berlin, or the development of virgin lands.

Mochalsky In 1961, the only non-secretary of the Union of Artists, headed by its Moscow branch. One of the organizers of the exhibition by the legendary 30 th anniversary MOSHa, he first took on the wrath of Nikita Khrushchev, who was accompanied by the Manezh.

Painters were characterized by fidelity to nature and the ability to identify main and drop superfluous detail, such an approach to art, he took from his teacher, and later handed over the many disciples.

During the study the artist absorbed the traditions and organically connects Moscow and St. Petersburg-Leningrad school. After School Memory 1905 (Moscow, 1929), in conjunction with the attending lessons DN Kardovsky in the studio KP Chemko, he graduated from the Academy of Arts (Leningrad, 1936).

Among his teachers were outstanding masters - AD Goncharov , NE Radlov , VA Favorskiy , Kuzma Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin . The principles of Russian plenerizma with special attention to genre painting, which he handed over AI Savinov , formed the basis of individual Style DK Mochalskogo.

Continuing the poetic line of Russian open-air painting, the artist depicted the beauty of everyday life contemporaries. It is this Mochalsky remains in the memory of the audience romantic period «Thaw».

a Wizard to avoid false pathos and grandiose interpretations adopted in the official Stalinist art. For a natural and special ease inherent in his paintings, preliminary work was hard. Bright color, virtuosic drawing, the ability to specify the composition and color accents, the interest in color and supportive environment svetovozdushnoy central theme - the continuing quest for a true life hero. There was a painter of simple people, imprinted in moments of work and rest.

More than half Mochalsky gave the Moscow Art Institute. VI Surikov, which was invited in 1937 from Leningrad IE Grabar «to strengthen the school drawing ». Professor Surikov Institute (1950), the head of the department of painting, he died on the job.

Obviously based on personal style, the master actually taught an entire generation of artists-Sixties. Among his students were many current classics: NI Andronov , OV Bulgakova , EI animals , BM Nemensky , PP Ossovsky , M. Savitsky, VF Stozhary , AP and SP Tkachova , etc.

Heritage DK Mochalskogo is in the Tretyakov Gallery, Russian Museum, Pushkin Museum to them. Alexander Pushkin, in many museums in Russia and the CIS in several private collections.

Anniversary Retrospective included about 100 works of painting and drawing from the collections of The State Tretyakov Gallery, the International Confederation of Unions of Artists and the author's family.

Well-known are stored in the Tretyakov Gallery canvas «victory. Berlin. May 9, 1945 »(1947),« Return to show (they saw Stalin) »(1949). From the Collection of The State Tretyakov Gallery and the paintings come on virgin soil, and folding in a single cycle, including: «protracted explanation» (1954), «The tent tractor drivers», «friends», «Novosjolov (from the tent in a new home)» (all - 1957 ), «Weekend Day» (1967), «The Trinity» (1975).

In the section of graphical interesting portrait sketches and travel sketches, made in the USSR, Western Europe, Vietnam, as well as sketches and paintings by the artist workbooks.

Source: tretyakovgallery.ru