The first Biennale historical and archival photos of Russian museums, archives and libraries. Details
In the Marble Palace timing an exhibition of historical and archival photos mid XIX - first half of XX century: about 400 photographs from the collections of 24 museums, archives and libraries in St. Petersburg and Moscow, as well as samples of photograph
RM, 16 November 2011 - January 20, 2012
In the Marble Palace Russ opened the exhibition representing the historical and archival photo middle of XIX - first half of XX centuries. The exhibition includes about 400 photographs from the collections of 24 museums, archives and libraries in St. Petersburg and Moscow, as well as samples of photographic equipment at the time. Format Biennale allowed to show photos in a variety of genres, so artistic and technical features. Visitors can also see how certain shots that have become the history of photography, and presented for the first time the rare pictures of famous masters: A. Davignon, G. Veninger, M. Abadi, S. Levitsky , A. Denier, J. Bianchi, A. Lawrence, V. Carrick, M. Dmitriev, M. Panova, AA Karelin, K. Bull, I. Boldyrev , M. Nappelbaum , A. Shaikhet , I. Shagin , Markova and others.
| Photographer K. Bull. 1911. Bromoserebryany imprint. AL: 32.1 x 24.6, and.: 28.7 x 22.6 < br /> Source: | Source: |
The State Russian Museum is continuing its work on the study of domestic photography. Rare pictures of the museum's collection were shown at the exhibitions of "St. Petersburg and its environs through the eyes of artists, photographers" (1996), "100 Years of the Russian Museum of Photographs" (1998), "The Forgotten Russia" (2006). The museum introduces the works of Russian artists that are stored abroad, in the exhibitions "SM Prokudin-Gorsky" (2003) from the U.S. Library of Congress and "Pioneers of Soviet photography. From the Swiss Collections "(2004). This Biennale proposes to assess the wealth of photographic heritage, concentrated in the Russian museums that are being disclosed their funds. It exhibited little-known collection, which is getting more and more rarity.
in a single exhibition space of the main stages of development of photography as a process. Here you can see the daguerreotypes, prints on salted, albumine, collodion or gelatine papers, photographs, made in the technique bromoil, Cyanotype. Also photochromy that are the first experiments with color - printing with colored lithographic stones, experimental photographs made using the method of photograms. Complement the exposure cameras, lenses, laboratory equipment middle of XIX - early XX century from the collection of the history of photography.
The project picture is seen not only as a documentary source, but also as an independent work of visual of art. Therefore the authors of the exhibition were selected photos to show the audience as much as possible of themes and genres in which photographers worked. This portrait, photograph species, genre scenes, pictures of ethnographic, photos, documentary photography and so on.
early stage of photography daguerreotype introduced in 1840-50-ies and portraits of writers made in the late 1850s and SL Levitsky and AI Denier. This collection was provided by the State Literature Museum and the Russian National Library.
| Source: | the early 1900s. Bromoserebryany mark L: 30.3 x 22.4, and.: 29,6 x 21,8 Source: |
Russian Museum of Ethnography provided a collection of photos from the Ethnographic Exhibition 1867, held in Moscow. Among them are photos of B. Barrau and J. Brandenburg, as well as painted watercolor pictures of mannequins, made by TI Mitreyterom after the close of the exhibition. Photos of French master Jean H. Raoul from the Russian National Library and the VA Carrick from the Kunstkammer also illustrate the staging method of ethnographic photography. VA Carrick began to develop a realistic genre of home, tried to capture the characteristic movements, gestures that have endowed his characters psychological.
Photo Collection, St. Petersburg State Theatre Library shows a special type of photography - " instant "pictures from the scene of the Imperial Theatres, which began using magnesium flash. Along with them are pictures of famous master MP Dmitrieva a series of "Volga collection." Some photos of MP Dmitrieva, in a series of works - the winners of photo contest organized by the Russian photographic society, shows the State Historical Museum (Moscow). No less interesting in this unique collection of photographs by AS Mazurina and EY Ellengorna made in the style of pictorialism.
portrait genre is widely represented photographs from the collections of various museums. This is the last formal portraits of representatives of the ruling dynasty, and group portraits of officers and enlisted men of the Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineer and Signal Corps. Family photos of Tsar Nicholas II of the meeting of the Scientific Library of the Academy of Fine Arts. Photographs of the Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich and his wife Grand Duchess Elizabeth of funds Mavrikievny GMZ "Pavlovsk". Of particular interest are the portraits from the State Literary Museum, as they are made either by the great writers, or their loved ones.
| Source: | Photographer Y. Steinberg. January 20, 1915 [Bromoserebryany imprint?]. 17.7 x 23,4 Source: rusmuseum.ru |
unique collection of portraits of Prince Memorial Library G. Golitsyn (1930) offers the viewer the name of the photographer, expat Cyril Arapov, is widely recognized in England, but unknown in his homeland.
Species and interior photos of the collections of the State Museum of St. Petersburg (by I. Bianchi), Institute of History of Material Culture (Photos interior of the Marble Palace in St. Petersburg and the Konstantin Palace in Strelna), open-air museums "Tsarskoye Celo" and "Peterhof" (landscapes with views of the suburbs of St. Petersburg), Russian Museum (interior painting workshops), Museum of History of Photography (views of Saint-Petersburg) . The photographs from the Museum of the History of Religion sealed types of sites associated with biblical history and revered by pilgrims.
The project also attended the Central Railway Museum with photographs, made in the genre of "techno-photo" , Museum and Exhibition Center ROSPHOTO murals with images photographed by O. Parley during the restoration of the Temple of the Transfiguration of the Pskov Monastery of the Savior Mirozhsky in 1901.
| Alexander Benois. Albumin print, Leningrad: 28.4 x 21.2, and.: 15 x 9,7 Source: rusmuseum.ru < /a> | L: 24 x 33.9, and.: 17.6 x 22.8. Sitting: Konstantin Somov, A Somov, AI Somov, are: A. Somov, N. Somov (1835-1906) Source: rusmuseum.ru |
important historical sources are wartime photos that are stored in the collections of the Military Medical Museum. They reflect the military routine, everyday life of soldiers, field kitchens, field hospitals. These shots were taken during the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878, World War 1914-1918. Photos from the front were widely used in the periodical. For example, you can see several pictures during the Russian-Japanese War of 1904-1905, made by the military correspondent for the magazine "Niva" VK Bulla (a collection of the Russian National Library). A series of papers devoted to the Boxer Rebellion in China in 1901, is the State Museum of Russian Political History.
In the second half of the 1920s in magazines and newspapers played a leading role photography. Russian State Archive of Literature and Art (Moscow) invites the viewer to "look into" logs "Achievements" (1928-1937), which published pictures GG Petrusova , GA Zelma , I. M . Shagin, which depicted the military parades and sports, Arctic exploration, work achievements of the first five. Photogallery them. Lumiere brothers presents photos, sending optimistic creative era of the 1930s, in the works of Mikhail Zakharov M. Grachev , < a title = "Debabov, Dmitrii (1899-1949)" href = "/auctions/51850"> D. Debabova , E. Evzerihina , J. Khalip , I. Shagin, A . Shaikhet. Included in many anthologies of world photography of war correspondent TASS MV Alpert and of the newspaper "Izvestia" < a title = "Gurarii, Samarium Mikhailovich (1916-1998 (1999))" href = "/auctions/51950"> SM Gurarii illustrate the events of the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945).
At the 2011 Biennale works by masters of Russian avant-garde - El Lissitzky LM from the State Archive of Literature and the Arts and the State Tretyakov Gallery. His work has become the harbingers of new forms of art - design, advertising, set design, decoration projects.
exhibition runs until January 20, 2012
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