Today in the Exhibition Center of St. Petersburg Union of Artists opened an art exhibition "65 Years of Victory"

Today, May 6, at 17.00 in the Exhibition Center of St. Petersburg Union of Artists (St. Petersburg, Bolshaya Morskaya str., 38) while celebrating the 65 anniversary of Victory in Great Patriotic War, will open the art exhibition "65 Years of Victory».

The exhibition features works of art of painting, sculpture and graphic artists - participants of the Great Patriotic War. The exhibition is formed from the work provided by their authors, as well as the heirs and family members of deceased artists. The works of artists at the front are very diverse thematically: in them, and war and love, and joy of life, and the admiration of St. Petersburg, and much of what develops a peaceful human life.

Among Exhibitors - People's Artist of Russia Oleg Oleg Eremeev Arkad'evich , Honored Artist of Russia Fyodor Pavlovich Mishchenko, Honored Artist of Russia Dmitry V. Belyaev , Honored Artist of Russia, holder of the Order of Glory Ivan Mikhailovich like Varichi , Herman P. Tatarnikov, academician of the Russian Academy of Arts, People's Artist of Russia Anatoli Pavlovich Levitin , People's Artist of Russia, Ivan Ivanovich Kharkevich, academician of the Russian Academy of Arts, People's Artist of Russia Vladimir G. Old and other authors.

In a separate section will be presented to front-line sketch artists veteran.

Some works have been provided for the exhibition of private collectors. From the collection of Alexey Potapov received product Alexander Schmidt , Nicholas Mukho , Boris Utekhin , Samuel Nevelshteyna , Seeds Rotnitskogo , Andrew Bantikova , Vladimir Ovchinnikov, and Sergei Osipov . Vladimir Proshkin handed in a poster session of the creative association "Fighting Pencil", organized in 1941 and worked throughout the war. From the collection of Vsevolod Inchika are sketches camouflage military sites and monuments of sculpture and architecture in Leningrad during the blockade, made Boris Alexandrovich Smirnov , unique posters 1941-1945.

Visitors can also see the work of the younger generation of artists dedicated to Victory Day. All in all exhibition displays over 300 works of various topics and genres.

the exhibition published anthology "Shel Soldier", dedicated to artists and veterans. It includes memories of artists and front-line drawings.

The exhibition runs until May 23, 2010.

May 9 Exhibition Centre is open from 12.00 to 18.00 the entrance to the exhibition on a holiday free!

Source: spb-uniart.ru