Today in the Moscow House of Artists exhibition opens, timed to release of a new book by a famous Moscow art critic, journalist and writer Yevgraf Vasilyevich demise and his 80-year anniversary

Today, April 28, at the Moscow House of Artists (Kuznetsk Bridge, 11) opens exhibition of paintings "on canvas as a measure of eternity", dedicated to the release of a new book by a famous Moscow art critic, journalist and writer Yevgraf Vasilyevich death of his 80-year anniversary.

Eugraph Konchin, a graduate of the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University, since 1961, working in the newspaper "Culture", highlighting interesting developments artistic life, opening up new names. During this period he wrote some thirty books: artists, the preservation of historical and cultural monuments, museum of contemporary life, the salvation of artistic and historic values of Soviet museums during the Revolution, during the Civil War and World War II.

His new book, album, Canvas as a measure of eternity ", consisting of 90 selected fine art articles on the works of artists who have shaped a beautiful layer of the XX century and continued his form in the XXI century - a kind of chronicle, which combines the names of recognized painters and artists almost unknown to the general public.

«Not about every artist he is taken to write. All that makes this man comes from the significance of his major qualities: honesty, goodness, the ability to see in the artist's personal integrity, which today is not enough "- so in the preface to a new book by art historian E. Death wrote the national artist of Russia, member of the Russian Academy of Arts I. overgrown . He adds: "Eugraph V. Konchin, with whom I'm friends for almost 50 years, has a unique psychological creative flair. Typically, art is tied to the author to some stylistic direction: impressionism, realism, abstract art. He's got a broad understanding of the creative personality. He writes about the artist, trying to find the priorities in his natural abilities, no spreading of the tree. The main thing - to define the meaning of the master's ».

Presentation of the book Yevgraf demise will be held today on the background of paintings by V. Popkov , Zurab Tsereteli , E. Bragovskogo , I. Sorokin , D. Zhilinskis , A. Tutunova , A. Surovtseva, V. Glukhova, V. Kalinin , O. Rybnikova, AP Nikonov , Yu Popkov , T. Osokina, I. Orlov , VV Kulakov, and many other great artists, of whom is mentioned in his book.

Complementing the exhibition photographs by Yuri Popkov united by the theme "Artists in the Age of Change". Portrait Painters in the natural interiors shop organically fit into the overall exposure.

Natalia Krylova

The exhibition runs until May 2 2010.

Source: moscow-painters.ru