By the 90 th anniversary of the Museum "New Jerusalem" is timed exhibition of paintings, graphics XX century, acquired and received as a gift to the museum as a result of the purposeful collective work of its scientific staff

to the 90 anniversary of the Museum "New Jerusalem" (Istra, Moscow region) timed exhibition of paintings, graphics XX century, purchased and received as a gift to the museum as a result of the purposeful collective work of its scientific staff.

Gathering collection of paintings and graphics of the XX century was a form of work that gave rise Commonwealth Museum with famous artistic dynasties and heirs. Appreciating the activities of the museum by collecting, they seek to ensure that their legacy has got into the museum funds, not only selling, but transferring a gift of large collections of works. Thus, a significant collection of paintings and graphic works was transferred to the museum heirs EF Ermilova-Platova and FF Platov , daughter of the artist BP Chernyshev MB Chernysheva.

creative friendship with the staff of the oldest artist D. Gurevich, and widow Artist AA Pomansky was the result of the fact that the museum holds a large part of their heritage, in essence, opening audience their work. Many of the works created in the first half of XX in the years that often the masters was not a good canvas, or paper, demanded the restoration. And this exhibition should reflect, as thanks to the work of restorers revived works. Many of them are shown for the first time after the restoration work.

In particular, the first widely shown works Alexei Borucheva, the artist, about whom virtually nothing is known. His work has been donated to the museum from ROSIZO Ministry of Culture of Russia and also demanded the restoration.

With restoration work for the first time a full featured picturesque heritage EF Ermilova-Platov, stored in a museum, as well as of little-known graduates Vhuteina ES Bugrova, accurately portrays in his portraits of Valais 1920-30-x. years.

Restoration of most of the works was carried out by staff artists and museum conservators. In addition, the museum and the Ministry of Culture of Moscow Region signed contracts with individual restorers and organizations that also contributed to the revival of museum exhibits. Of the organizations with which the museum has worked for decades, it should be noted GRC them. Academician Igor Grabar, who is not only restoration but also methodical center, where the training of museum restorers. In addition to traditional forms of contract at the cash basis, were carried out restoration work on paintings in the restoration workshop of the Yaroslavl Art Museum in exchange for in Yaroslavl, an exhibition of the artist Constantine Gorbatova from the museum's" New Jerusalem ". For years the museum cooperated with the Moscow State Academic Art School In Memory of 1905, the paintings restored by students of the College on a grant basis, also constitute a significant part of the exhibition.

exhibition of restored works complemented by auxiliary materials: photos exhibits before and during the restoration, restoration of the passport and photographic portraits themselves restorers, thematic banners allow viewers to see the restoration work "behind the scenes».

Lyudmila Denisova, curator of the exhibition

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Alexander Pomansky, Dora Gurevich, Alex Boruchev - these names are only now scientific revolution, and there is no fault of artists. In 1920-30-ies many of them considered the formalists, and artists were forced to write for myself. They hid their work from prying eyes, because for them it was possible to pay with their lives. Museum "New Jerusalem" began to gather a collection of paintings of the first half of the twentieth century until 1970. The works were purchased by relatives, gave their heirs. Open to staff members began early paintings Nicholas Lacquer , of which escaped the unit.

«He was a pupil , worked in the direction of Suprematism in earlier works. He was connected with this direction. Somewhere in the late 1930's he had already appealed to figurativu, but obviously not forgetting the lessons of the avant-garde. At a later time, closer to 1950 years, he almost destroyed all his early work ", - says the exhibition curator Lyudmila Denisova.

Another unknown name - Nicholas vitings - a student Alexander Shevchenko . Both belonged to the union "shop for painters and tried to combine incompatibles-classic story of a formal language of the avant-garde.

remains a mystery to art historians Alexei Boruchev. Paintings of the masters came to the Museum of ROSIZO were found at the customs. However, until now unknown or name of the author, or date of birth.

Watercolor portrait saved from death restorer Lydia Kulikova. "This work is done on thick watercolor paper. It was all torn at the edges, there was contamination. It was rolled into a tube and type represented lamentable ", - she said. So far managed to straighten the sheet and purify it from pollution. But to finish the restoration, will require assistance from the Centre Grabar, where have all the necessary technical means.

in a terrible state came to the museum and a picture of Olga Sokolova. It was written in three stitched canvas, then the author is cut into pieces and then sewn on a new canvas. To recreate the picture, restorers Irina Vladimirova, and Maxim Grigoriev worked for a year. "Besides the technical restoration, it was necessary to deal with the author's intention that the picture does not look brand new. By understanding the way it was before the author's revisions, and after them. Because many of the author's changes were on the paint on the fragmentary and distorted the initial color ", - tells Maxim Grigoriev.

took the restoration of paintings Alexander Volkov , author of the famous" Pomegranate tea house ", and the works of Boris Chernyshev, who gave a gift to the museum by his daughter.

P . S. On the exhibitions of twentieth century art from the collection of the Museum "New Jerusalem" can be read here:
XX century Russian art in the collection of the Museum" New Jerusalem » .
Masterpieces of the Museum" New Jerusalem "at the Tretyakov Gallery .

material prepared Elena Vladimirova, AI

Source: artibus.ru , tvkultura.ru , artinvestment.ru