Yaroslavl Art Museum presents the exhibition "Romantic Russia" from meetings of the Tver Regional Art Gallery and the Yaroslavl Art Museum

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Yaroslavl Art Museum, May 24 - September 30, 2012
Yaroslavl, Volga embankment, 23

In the Yaroslavl Art Museum as part of" Under the vault, "an exhibition" Romantic Russia. Venetsianov and the artists of his school "from the collections of the Tver Regional Art Gallery and the Yaroslavl Art Museum.

Tver Regional Art Gallery - one of the oldest museums in Russia, whose collection includes about 32 thousand exhibits. The exhibition devoted to the Romantic era in Russia, creativity AG Venetsianov and artists of his school, represented by 20 paintings from the collection of Tver, and two galleries in the collection of the Yaroslavl Art Museum.

creative activity by Alexey Gavrilovic Venetsianov closely related to the edge of Tver, with the name Safonkovo. After leaving the service in St. Petersburg, the artist settled in 1819 with his family in the village and began to teach the art of talented young men from the burghers and serfs, which the Academy of Arts was closed.

Venetsianov developed in their students the ability to to depict the world around us is open, no pre-defined rules and canons. Pupils of the artist did not copy, like academics, foreign originals, and comprehend the laws of form, perspective, color on real objects. Therefore, the main genres of painting to become followers Venetsianov portrait, interior painting and home.

The exhibition presents the works of several masters students in different genres. Portraits by AG Venetsianov his neighbors, landlords, designed for the family circle, sincere and modest. S. K. Zaryanko was famous parade, skillfully executed portraits. One of the first and favorite students Venetsianov A. B. Tyranov painted portraits, genre paintings, full of idyllic, copied paintings in the art of lithography teacher. IA Kljukvin with great sincerity, presented everyday life in the domestic interior, which was the strongest feature of the school. PV Magpie was one of the most talented students Venetsianov. Its landscape is inherent in an epic vision of admiration for the beauty of the world, became the object of a deep personal experience.

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