Oleg Tolstoy. Timeless Landscape
ARTinvestment.RU   21 августа 2012

In Pushkin Museum opens anniversary exhibition of Oleg Tolstoy (1927-1992) - the great-grandson of Leo Tolstoy's devoted to the traditional Congress descendants vast Russian noble family of Tolstoy

State Pushkin Museum, from August 21, 2012
st. Prechistenka, 12/2

today at the State Pushkin Museum opens anniversary exhibition of Oleg Tolstoy (1927-1992) - the great-grandson of Leo Tolstoy, timed the traditional Congress descendants vast Russian noble family Tolstoy, which takes place in Russia every two years. The opening ceremony will take place in the presence of a large delegation Tolstoy, once again, came from all over the world. Will open the exhibition Vladimir Tolstoy, the famous culture and art dealers, the initiator of the unification of the famous family and the nephew of OV Tolstoy, as well as children of the artist - Natalia Thick (artist) and Peter Tolstoy (known TV journalist).

The exhibition features over 80 works by Oleg Tolstoy, made in 1950 90 years - from the Tolstoy family gatherings and collections of Russian museums. Part of the canvases on display for the first time.

Many famous family Tolstoy were not alien studies the visual arts. And Nikolai Lenin, the father of the famous writer and the wife of Leo Tolstoy Countess pretty owned and brush, pencil and left to posterity his works in different genres - portrait, landscape, still life composition. One of the most talented artists in the family became Tolstoy's great-grandson of Leo Tolstoy Oleg.

O. Vladimir Tolstoy was born in Yugoslavia. Only in 1945, his family returned to their homeland. From 1949 to 1953, the future artist studied at the Moscow Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts at the famous Alexander Deineka , then, until 1956, in the V. MGHI I.Surikova at Pavel Sokolov-Scalia . While a student was engaged in reconstruction of the famous Panorama A. «Defence of Sevastopol "(dedicated to the military events of 1855, to which was his great-grandfather), was one of the designers of Agricultural Exhibition (All-Union Agricultural Exhibition) and worked on the frieze for the station" Kiev "Moscow Metro. In 1957, Oleg Tolstoy for his film "The First Horse" was awarded the prize at the II International Exhibition in Moscow, dedicated to VI World Festival of Youth and Students. In the mid-1970s, the artist created a mosaic of "Space" to Severodvinsk. In 1985 he led a group of artists on a trip to Lake Baikal, the results of which created a series of paintings. In 1980 Oleg Tolstoy worked on landscapes in Yasnaya Polyana, Academic dacha outside Vishny Volochok in other parts of Russia Tolstoy. The first solo exhibition was held in 1985.

Source : pushkinmuseum.ru