The gallery “Daev 33” open exhibition “Ilya Nikolaevich Zankovsky. Paintings from private collections ”

Yesterday at the gallery «Daev 33» Exhibition «Ilya Nikolaevich Zankovsky. Paintings from private collections ». Gallery exhibition continues a project on knowledge creation by Russian artists pages late XIX - early XX centuries. Under this project, previously held exhibitions of Nicholas Dubovskoy (1859-1918), Arcadia Rylov (1870-1939), Catherine Goldinger (1881-1973), Stanislav Zhukovsky Stanislav (1875-1944) and Sergei Vinogradov (1869-1938).

The exhibition features 20 original paintings by Russian artist of Polish origin Ilya Ilya Nikolaevich Zankovskogo ( 1832-1919) - the unsurpassed master of the majestic mountain landscapes, executed in the picturesque romantic style.

Ilya Nikolaevich Zankovsky in the years 1862-1863 he studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts, but the course is not finished. Since 1864, he lived in Tiflis, where he served in the military-topographical department of the Caucasus Military District. Duty-artist tour almost all mountain regions of Caucasus, brought from the travel sketches of its future work. He wrote the stark beauty of the mountains, and magnificent in its diversity of nature Caucasus - the majestic gorges and mountain passes; Sparkling in the sun, snow peaks of Elbrus and Kazbek, high cliffs and the dark cliffs, luxurious vegetation of the plains and boiling water in mountain rivers. Since 1888 the artist has participated in exhibitions of Caucasian society promotion of Fine Arts, the Society of Mutual Caucasian artists were exhibited at the Autumn Exhibition of the Academy of Arts.

now works I. Zankovskogo little known wide range of Russian art lovers, many of his works are kept in museum storerooms. And in his time, his spectacular mountain scenery enjoyed great popularity, his paintings were part of the collection of major collectors, and painting «The Road to Kakhetia» was personally purchased by Emperor Alexander III, the author and stored in the collection of the Gatchina Palace.

Since 1886 I. Zankovsky worked as a lecturer at the School of Drawing and Painting in the Caucasian community promotion of Fine Arts, teaching young Caucasians favorite business of his life. Many of the artists whose work is now the pride of the national art school the Caucasian republics, their first steps in art is obliged I. Zankovskomu.

His works are kept at the State Russian Museum, Dagestan Regional Museum, the Azerbaijan State Museum of Art, art galleries state of Georgia and Armenia, the Odessa Art Museum, the museums of Omsk, Stavropol, Nizhny Novgorod and in other public and private collections Russia and foreign countries.

Exhibition Gallery «Daev 33» (Daev Lane, 33/17) is open until August 29, 2009 from 12.00 to 19.00 daily, except Sundays. Admission is free.

Sources: daev-33.ru , mkrf. ru