Today opens exhibition of works by Russian-Swiss artist Marianne Verevkin from the collection of the Municipal Museum of Ascona and private collections in Switzerland, as well as the work of her contemporaries from the Tretyakov Gallery
Today, 9 September, the State Tretyakov Gallery opens the exhibition "Artists of the Russian diaspora. Marianne Verevkina (1860-1938 )».
Name Russian-Swiss artist Marianne (Mariamne) Vladimirovna Verevkin, associates world-renowned masters of European avant-garde A. von Jawlensky and Kandinsky , well known in the West. Her distinctive style, which arose "at the crossroads of cultures - Russian, German, French - combines the experience of Symbolism, Fauvism, Expressionism, kluazonizma. The exposition at the Tretyakov Gallery, dedicated to the 150 th anniversary of the artist, the first widely present Heritage M. Verevkin in Russia.
long and eventful artistic life of M. Verevkin held at various art centers in Russia and Europe. Marianne received a classical art education in Moscow and St. Petersburg. She was one of the favorite students , who compared her work with the works of Rembrandt. In the studio of the famous Wanderers in 1892, M. Verevkina met with Alexei Jawlensky. Artist "loved his art and wanted to help him, becoming his muse and mentor for the next thirty years. World of realism was a stranger to both masters, and in 1896 they moved to Munich, a center of intense creative exploration at the turn of XIX - XX centuries.
Munich M. Verevkina became one of the spiritual leaders of the international community of artists that included Wassily Kandinsky, H. Munter, P. Klee. The artist plunged into philosophical problems art, realizing this interest in the "salon" discussions. Developed the theory that "male talent" must be engaged in creativity and "female talent" - to teach, M. Verevkina for 10 years, from 1896 to 1906, does not create pictures, devoting himself to career in A. von Jawlensky. In 1903-05 Marianne and Alex have taken important for the future creation of both travel to France, visiting Paris, Normandy, Brittany, Provence. In parallel, M. Verevkina kept a diary "Letters to the unknown" (1901-1905), including, among others, and her thoughts about art.
break, during which the artist actively looking for a way to a new visual language, was a period of accumulation and maturation of ideas and new plastic-making. When in 1906 M. Verevkina reverted back to the creativity out of her hands out a completely new product, the most expressive and full of metaphysical meaning. Her technique also changed radically: the artist refused to oil paint and began using tempera, combining it with pastel slate pencil and ink. Ideas outlined M. Verevkin in "Letters to the unknown, became the theoretical basis of the New Society of Artists, founded in Munich with their involvement in 1909, and then - and the famous" Blue Rider "(1911). A. Macke, one of the brightest members of this association, called Kandinsky "head" "Blue Rider", and M. Verevkin - his "heart." Wassily Kandinsky developed a reflection of the artist "abstract art" as "domestic arts" in his theoretical writings 1909-1911 period. It is obvious that M. Verevkina prepared the birth of abstraction, but she refused to go this route.
In 1914, the First World War forced Verevkin M. and A. von Jawlensky in Munich to flee, leaving all , including paintings and writing. The artists have fled to Switzerland, first in the Pan-Prés and Zurich, and in 1918 settled in the south, in Ascona (Canton Ticino), where in the interwar period have found refuge rebels, philosophers, writers, poets, artists from different countries . M. Verevkina has become one of the iconic figures of the cultural life of this city. In 1922 she founded a museum of modern art in the collection of which holds much of the legacy of the artist and the work kept her friends - Alexander von Jawlensky, Klee, P., C. Amet.
exhibition at the Tretyakov Gallery will display 50 paintings M. Verevkin and 20 albums with sketches from the Municipal Museum of Ascona and private collections in Switzerland. Most of the works presented refers to the end of 1900 - 1910 years, the formation time of the artist's own style.
context of Russian art M. Verevkin denotes the product of its contemporaries: Teachers (I. E . Repin, IM Pryanishnikov ), associates and friends (AG von Jawlensky, V. Kandinsky, Kardovsky , O. Della-Vos , MA Vrubel , VE Borisov-Musatov , etc.) from the Tretyakov Gallery. The exhibition was first presented photographs and letters to M. Verevkin Grabar stored in the department of manuscripts of THG.
exhibition will be one of the most important events in the Swiss canton of Ticino in Russia. It is an initiative of City Hall and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Ascona, as well as fund Marianne Verevkin with the support of the Government of the Canton Ticino. Assistance in its organization provided by the Embassy of Switzerland in Moscow.
In late 2010, the works of M. Verevkin will be shown at her home in Tula. In March 2011 in Ascona will show a response. It will introduce the European audience with the work of the circle of Russian artists, which has developed a talent M. Verevkin.
exhibition runs until November 21, 2010.
Source : a press release the State Tretyakov Gallery
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