In Lavrushinsky Lane opened the exhibition, prepared for the 130th anniversary of the artist

TG, May 23 - July 29, 2012
Moscow, Lavrushinsky Lane 12, Corps of Engineers, 3rd Floor

In the State Tretyakov Gallery opens the exhibition "Nicholas Feshin. By the 130th anniversary of the birth ».

Feshin (1881-1955) - the brilliant Russian artist, a virtuoso. Disasters of national history influenced his tragic fate: the artist's life was divided between Russia and the United States, and the art of Nicholas Feshin was owned equally two very different cultures.

's career came Feshin in the first half of the twentieth century, the time, breaking the established traditions, laws and rules of art. In the chaos of social and artistic revolution Feshin never lost his own face. A student of the great I. Repin , NI Feshin as an artist was formed in the early twentieth century, the Silver Age of Russian art, and in his work combined nineteenth century to the twentieth. In the fundamental principles of academic and realistic art artist brings a variety of impulses styles - from Impressionism and Art Nouveau to Expressionism - and his emotional, explosive creative temperament. Talent Feshin universal: a brilliant painter, an unsurpassed master of drawing charcoal, a wonderful wood carver and sculptor, had experience in theater and decorative art and architecture. Feshin equally free to create large-format and multi-figure genre scenes, and fine miniatures, he has his own approach to landscapes and still lifes, his spectacular technique in the nude, but first and foremost an outstanding portraitist Feshin.

Art of Nicholas Feshin belongs to the line art of the late XIX - XX centuries, which presents the work of , Philip Malyavina , Abram Arkhipov , John Singer Sargent (USA), George Breytnera (Netherlands), Andreas Zorn (Sweden), a circle of artists in Munich and Berlin Secession (Lovis Corinth, Max Liebermann). In the United States during the American art Feshin put into the context of South-Western art, especially the well-known art colony Taosskoy.

Feshin formation as an artist was during his studies at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg (1901-1909). It was written by "The Lady in Lavender" (1908, Russian Museum) and "Cheremis Wedding" (1908, Kozmodemyansk historical and cultural museum complex Kozmodemyansk) - landmark work that brought him international fame.

N. I. Feshin Cheremis wedding. Sketch. 1908 Kozmodemyansk historical and cultural museum complex Kozmodemyansk Source: Press Release TG