Fundamentals of graphics: paper, wood, silk and glass ...
Tomorrow, the Tretyakov Gallery opens a regular exhibition program "The Tretyakov Gallery opens its reservists." The exhibition features some 150 works of Russian artists of the XVIII - beginning of XX century
State Tretyakov Gallery, May 30 - October 7, 2012
Moscow, Lavrushinsky Lane, 10, 49-54 Halls
in TG presents "Fundamentals of graphics: paper, wood, silk and glass ..." - another exhibition of the program "The Tretyakov Gallery opens its store-».
The term "framework" could not be more precisely define the role of materials in creating an artistic image. The basis is a kind of tuning fork, tuning to a particular artist's style of painting. Choosing a basis largely determines the nature of the paint strokes and colorful strokes - their tempo, rhythm, strength, density ... On the show, the final cycle of "Materials and techniques of Russian graphic art," a wide range of graphics basics: parchment, bone, paper, various kinds of tissue, glass, wood. The exhibition features some 150 works of Russian artists of the XVIII - beginning of XX century.
History and properties of materials, their role in creating an artistic image a little-known wide audience, and usually remain outside the scrutiny of experts. The task of the exhibition - to acquaint visitors with the variety used as the basis of graphic material, show the best and most typical specimens from the collection of the Tretyakov Gallery.
As a rule, the product refers to a graphic works on paper. Characteristics of the production of paper is devoted to the first room of the exhibition, where you can discover the history and technique of manufacture of watermarks and see rare examples of filigree - the paper with water marks.
used in works of graphic paper is extremely diverse in their texture, texture, color. Thus, smooth or embossed surface of the paper gave rise to a completely different techniques and ways of working with watercolors. Smooth "Bristol board" could not be more consistent with the aesthetic problems of watercolor portraits beginning of the XIX century, its origins from the miniatures, executed in polished bone plates. Tiny dabs of watercolor, to jewelry carefully modeling the form of fascinating works of Carl P. K. Bryullov and P. Sokolov . On the contrary, referring to the coarse paper such as "torchon", the artist enters into an exciting match with the "willful," the leaf surface, dictating a broad, rapid brushwork. This paper has been popular in Russia at the turn of XIX - XX centuries and is represented in the exhibition works I. Levitan , L. Baxt , M. Vrubel , Konstantin K. Luba .
rough surfaces require no special painting with pastels. The earliest basis for the kind of pastels was parchment. Different manners of pastel on parchment display at the exhibition by K. Bard, I.Kasselya, A. Venetsianov . to work with pastels and used loose, well-retaining particles of paint cartoons, often found in Roerich , F. Malyavina , B. Kustodiev , and a special sandpaper.
 Venetsianov AG Peasant Girl with a sickle in the Rye parchment duplicated on canvas, pastel 38,2 x 28,8 Tretyakov Gallery Source: Press Release TG |
interest to the color of paper artists exhibited at all times. Mastery drawing on colored paper sheets show of the series "Biblical Sketches» Ivanov , famous still life F. Tolstoy . Virtuoso pencil portraits V. Tropinin , genre scenes A. Venetsianov performed on blue paper, which imparts to these works a special elegance and poetry. If used in the XIX century paper is mainly pastel shades, the beginning of the twentieth century gives rise to an intense interest in color basics. artists included in everyday life very different paper - so, M. Larionov creates a whole series of compositions, using the coarse and fine glossy wrapping packaging paper grades.
paper also differs in the degree and nature of" training. "Full-scale drawings and studies of drapery, filled on toned paper, hit the sense of the beauty of the material. primed papers are presented chronologically, the most earliest portraits in the exhibition, attributed to S. Mukovninu, academic compositions, AI Ivanov, well-developed "picturesque" landscape A. Martynov .
 IVANOV AA Walking on Water From "Myths about the life of Christ and similar myths of the Bible and ancient mythology (Biblical sketches)» end of 1840 -1857 Brown paper, watercolor, whitewash. 26,7 x 39,2 Tretyakov Gallery Source: Press Release TG | Egorov AE The Last Supper. Sketch Paper, gall ink , brush, pen, Italian pencil. x 31 24 Tretyakov Gallery Source: Press Release TG |
