In Moscow gallery "House Nashokin" an exhibition of works by artists of the twentieth century, made in the genre of the nude

In Moscow gallery "House Nashokin" an exhibition of works by artists of the twentieth century, made in the genre of the nude. On display are paintings and sculptures of the best masters of the past century: Pyotr Konchalovsky , Zinaida Serebrya , Valentin Serov , Alexander Archipenko , Aristarchus Lentulova , Ilya Mashkova , Konstantin Juon , Boris Kustodiev , Nicholas Stipa , Mikhail Sokolov , Michael Matyushina , Alexander Labasa , Mikhail Larionov , Natalia Goncharova , Robert Falk , Alexander Drevin , Hope Udaltsova , Arthur Fonvizin , Alexander Tischler , Anatoly Zverev , Dmitry Krasnopevtsev , Oleg Tselkov , Vadim Sidura , Leonid Purygin , Vasily Sitnikov , Vladimir Veisberg , Boris Sveshnikov , Alexander Gerasimov , Alexander Deineka , Andrei Vasnetsov , Igor Obrosova , Tatyana Nazarenko , Vladimir Lyubarova, Olga Bulgakova , Dashi Namdakov, Victor Korneev, Elena Surovtseva and many other authors. More than a hundred works. Thus, at this exhibition for the first time you can see paintings of representatives of virtually all directions in the Russian art of XX century made in the genre of nude.

• Pyotr Konchalovsky
  Bathing of the Red cavalry. 1928

Nude - not just a genre of painting, but also a symbol of world art. Nudity - the phenomenon of natural beauty and unity of man as a creation of nature and the universe. Nude creates a complex range of feelings, personifying the unexplained laws of the universe: the beauty - creative source that creates harmony.

Throughout history, mankind's greatest artists of all ages have glorified the beauty of the naked body, using for this purpose all kinds of Graphic Arts. Of course, Russia, as part of world culture spawned a galaxy of outstanding artists working in the genre of the nude. Best Russian museums are decorated with works K. Bryullov , A. Ivanov , A. Venetsianov , G. Semiradsky , Makovsky and other masters of the XIX century.

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But the greatest interest in this regard is the twentieth century, which became a turning point not only in the history of Russia, but also in her artistic life. All of the major artistic currents of the West (post-impressionism, symbolism, abstraction, cubism, etc.) embodied in the works of Russian masters of the past century, existing in parallel with the official Soviet painting, laying the foundation of modern art school.

At the beginning of the century, along with academic and salon painters, continuing the traditions of Russian school of the XIX century artists began to appear innovative, who studied painting in France and Italy and to seek new forms, including in the genre of nude. True masterpieces of Russian paintings were created during this time Konchalovsky, Z. Serebryakova, B. Kustodiev, Kuzma Sergeevich Petrov -Vodkin , N. Feshin , I. Mashkov.

In 1920-30-ies under the influence of constructivism and new artistic currents, and his burgeoning at this time, create a unique work in the genre of the nude Lentulov A., A. Labas, M. Larionov, Goncharova, A . Drevin, N. Udaltsova.

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Company against formalism and the adoption of socialist realism gradually replacing a range of artists from the official Soviet artistic medium. However, and recognized Soviet art masters who have devoted their talents ideology, not neglected genre of the nude. The work of Deineki, A. Plastov , S. Gerasimov in this genre have long entered the golden fund of domestic art.

At the same time worked in the underground artists in spite of the Iron Curtain, have continued to monitor the trends of the West, causing his creativity admiration of foreigners who came to Moscow and compatriots, to join the world of unofficial art. A. Fonvizin, R. Falk, and later A. Zverev, V. Sitnikov, V. Weisberg, D. Krasnopevtsev create your own art world, not limited to the framework of socialist realism. Their experiments with the nude and today continues to amaze uniqueness and originality, so persecuted in those years.

Later, in the 1970's and 80's, when the ideological pressure on the art of weakening, the artists begin to express their selves through creativity. Genre nudity is equally deserved love academics and young artists. Of particular interest is the work of I. Obrosova, A. Vasnetsov, V. Lyubarova, TA Nazarenko, A. Atakhanova, LA Naumova, and sculptors D. Namdakov, E. Surovtseva, V. Korneev, and many others.

The exhibition runs until March 8, 2010.

Sources: domnaschokina.ru