"Nicholas Liberia. Sculpture and graphics from the collection of AG Egorov, and KV Zhuromsky "
ARTinvestment.RU   26 февраля 2011

In the Museum and Exhibition Center School watercolors Andriaka opens exhibition of works by sculptor and academician Nikolai Ivanovich IAH Liberiha (1828-1883)

Today in the Museum and Exhibition Center School watercolors Andriaka opens the exhibition « Nicholas Liberia . Sculpture and graphics from the collection of AG Egorov, and KV Zhuromsky ».

exhibition of works by renowned sculptor and academician of the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts, Life Guards, Colonel Nikolai Ivanovich Liberiha (1828-1883) brings together two unique private collection - 39 bronze sculptures from the collection of Alexei Yegorov and 22 drawings from the collection of copyright Zhuromsky Constantine, the only known today a collection of graphic works of the sculptor.

life and work of Russian sculptor of the XIX century Nikolai Ivanovich Liberiha never been the subject of special studies . Never it does not look at individual shows. Meanwhile, Nikolai Liberia - an outstanding figure in the history of Russian art. Man versatile educated, he first half of his life devoted to military service, while engaging in self-modeling and drawing. And just a couple of years after completing his military career Lifeguards Colonel NI Liberia became an academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts. That's sculptures NI Liberiha Russia was first widely presented at international art exhibitions. Very famous and very popular in both military and among the artists during their lifetime, NI Liberia over the past hundred years has been almost forgotten. His works are known only to a small circle of experts and collectors. Although many of them - cast in wax, in a cast in bronze and iron - are stored in all major and many regional museums.

Creative NI Liberiha had a significant impact on the development of Russian sculpture of the last third of the XIX century. Almost all Russian sculptors of the second half of the XIX century, who worked in a battle, ethnographic and animal genre, - EA Lancere , AP Safonov , AL Aubert and others - in one way or another have experienced the impact of his work.

the opening of the The exhibition marks the first dedicated publication of the monograph "Nicholas Liberia. Sculpture and graphics. For ten years, its authors, collectors and researchers of creativity Liberiha AG Egorov, and KV Zhuromsky collecting material about his life and work. The monograph includes a complete catalog of research papers and all the known bibliographical material on the sculptor, as well as all the available images of his works (about 100). In preparation of the monograph were studied materials for more than twenty of museum collections and archives of the Russian Federation and CIS countries.

Aleksey Yegorov - collector, philanthropist, member of the Board of Trustees of the State Tretyakov Gallery. He owns one of Russia's largest collections of watercolors and graphics XVI - mid XX century, as well as Russian, Japanese and Western bronze sculptures. His collection of bronze NI Liberiha is the largest of the known world.

Konstantin Vladimirovich Zhuromsky - collector and dealer, philanthropist and president of the charity fund "Our Art". Author of many large-scale exhibitions and publishing projects.

hope that the exhibition "Nicholas Liberia. Sculpture and graphics from the collection of AG Egorov, and KV Zhuromsky "as close as possible to date the volume will acquaint visitors with the works of famous Russian sculptor and academician, Life Guards, Colonel Nikolai Ivanovich Liberiha and significantly expand the circle of admirers of his talent.

exhibition runs until April 3, 2011.

Source: andriaka.ru