The largest exhibition in 2013 at the Tretyakov Gallery opens the day after tomorrow, October 16. About 400 works Goncharova 1907-1959 years - paintings, drawings, rare book illustrations, etc.

State Tretyakov Gallery ,
October 16, 2013 - February 16, 2014
Moscow, Krimsky Val, 10 , Halls 60-61

October 16, 2013 at the State Tretyakov Gallery opens the new season of the largest exhibition devoted to the work Natalia Goncharova (1881-1962) - the most famous Russian painter , one of the most prominent figures in the art of the twentieth century. This exhibition , comparable to the completeness with which opened exactly 100 years ago, a large-scale solo exhibition Goncharova in 1913 , aims to show the best reference works from different periods and areas , to create a holistic view of the creative path of one of the most important avant-garde artists .

Natalia Goncharova Self-portrait with yellow lilies. 1907-1908 Oil on canvas. 77,5 x 58,2 Source : Press Release THG

Natalia Goncharova Rowan . Panino , near Viaz'ma . 1907-1908 Oil on canvas. 99,4 x 69 Source : Press Release THG

Retrospective " Natalia Goncharov. Between East and West " will feature about 400 exhibits 1907-1959 years: paintings , sketches to famous productions of" Russian Seasons " in Paris , sketches of costumes and fabrics for fashion houses , rare book illustrations . The exhibition includes works from the collection of the Tretyakov Gallery , which has a unique quality in quantity and composition of the collection of works by Natalia Goncharova , and from 23 domestic and foreign museums and private collections. Among Western partners in the project - Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris ), the Museum of Modern Art of Paris, Galliera Fashion Museum (Paris), Museum Ludwig (Cologne), Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam ), «ABA Gallery» ( New York). The vast majority of these collections have never been exhibited in this country .

Natalia Goncharova Landscape (red earth. ) . 1907-1908 Oil on canvas. 101 x 72,5 Source : Press Release THG

Natalia Goncharova Fishing . 1908 Oil on canvas. 95,7 x 86,5 Source : Press Release THG

In art History Natalia Goncharova plays a special role : having learned the lessons of French artists - Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse , Pablo Picasso, she championed national origins Russian avant-garde. It is based on - the connection with the artistic tradition of the Christian East and the world pre-Petrine Russia : icon painting , wood sculpture , popular prints . Goncharova was looking for inspiration in the forms of folk primitive and ancient cultures , seeing movement in the future through immersion in the past. In 1913, it declared the originality of the way : " I ​​have completed all that he could give the West so far ... my way to the source of all art - to the East ." Choosing between the East and the West, which gave the name of this show, largely determined not only creative pursuits , but also the fate of Goncharova : leaving home in 1915 to design " Russian Ballets " Sergei Diaghilev , it is up to the end of his days left to live in Paris .

Natalia Goncharova Autumn bouquet. ( Quince and maple leaves ) . 1908 Oil on canvas. 84 x 72 Source : Press Release THG

Natalia Goncharova Still. Hat and umbrella . 1908-1909 Oil on canvas. 100 x 77 Source : Press Release THG

N. Goncharova was born and raised in the province of Tula in the estate of the architect and mathematician SM Goncharova, nephew of Natalia Nikolaevna Goncharova , the wife of Alexander Pushkin. Childhood have identified a deep connection with the people's worldview Goncharova and culture, influenced her distinctive decorative talent. She realized quite late artist himself , only to twenty years (1901), decided to enter the Moscow School of Painting , Sculpture and Architecture in the sculpture department . The school Goncharova met Larionov (1881-1964). This meeting was an important event in her creative and personal life. Larionov , the recognized leader of young artists, first noted a rare sense of color Goncharova , pointed to her calling painter , became her mentor and partner in life . Union Larionov and Goncharova - special creative phenomenon. After all they went through life together , inspiring and supporting each other as the desire to innovate. The sharp change of styles , rapid transitions from figurative to non-figurative forms , " everythingness " appropriation of plastic identity contemporary artists have become a characteristic feature of the art Goncharova .

Natalia Goncharova Autumn . Park . 1909 Oil on canvas. 79,3 x 116,6 Source : Press Release THG

Natalia Goncharova Still life with pineapple . 1909 Oil on canvas. 129 x 145 Source : Press Release THG

exhibition reflects the nature of creativity and Goncharova's fate . Exposure time is divided into three space zones . Two of them are figurative painting and graphics , these areas may be entitled, the words of Marina Tsvetaeva : " Russia " and " After - Russian ." The third section of the exhibition dedicated to new art forms : cubism , Rayonism , futurism , abstract composition . Each zone is divided by thematic sections on the peculiar rays Partitions ( spatial cues that sends to Rayonism Larionov - Goncharova ).

Natalia Goncharova composition. Woman with parrot . Beginning of the 1910s gray paper , gouache and tempera. 100,5 x 68 Source : Press Release THG

Natalia Goncharova Our Lady ( with ornaments ) . The religious composition . Triptych . The central part . 1911 Oil on canvas. 98 x 89 Source : Press Release THG

Russian creative period Goncharova ( 1907-1915) is represented genres , the most important in the period of her artistic self-determination : the landscape and still life, in which it directly refers to working with nature. A new stage - the "peasant cycle " and one-and multipart religious compositions in which the expressed national aesthetic program Goncharova. The culmination of this period were two landmark scenic loop on the story of the Apocalypse - " Grape Harvest " and "Harvest" (both - 1911 ).

Natalia Goncharova Phoenix. Part of polyptych . From the series "Harvest" . 1911 Oil on canvas. 92 x 97,5 Source : Press Release THG

Natalia Goncharova The Smoker. Podnosnogo style of painting. 1911 Oil on canvas. 100 x 81 Source: Press Release THG

Art of French demonstrates the treatment period Goncharova to new to her motives and themes. In the genre works the artist appears ironic bytopisatelem ( "Breakfast" , 1924). In the still lifes from the late 1920s are particularly attracted to her magnolia flowers . After a trip to Spain in 1916, appeared in the works of the master image of the " Spanish flu" , which is gradually released from the ethnographic details and acquired symbolic character . The centerpiece of the exhibition is a polyptych "Spanish flu " ( 1923-1926 ) . The Spanish series shows the evolution of the style of the late Goncharova decorative Cubism and Art Deco to the original version of the neoclassical .

Natalia Goncharova Breakfast . 1924 Oil on canvas. 190 x 150 Source : Press Release THG	Natalia Goncharova Still-life with red mullet and magnolias . Around 1928 Oil on canvas. 56 x 81 Source : Press Release THG
Natalia Goncharova Spanish costume . 1919 laid paper , gouache and pencil. 49,2 x 30,8 Source : Press Release THG	Natalia Goncharova Spanish woman with a fan . The first half of the 1920s Oil on canvas. 166 x 124 Source : Press Release THG

One of the most fascinating chapters exhibition - the zone of plastic experimentation. The viewer is presented a clear demonstration of the ideas of " everythingness " formulated by the avant-garde theorist I. Zdaneviches . Here you can see a wide range of search for new forms - from " Rayonism " of 1912-1913 ("Portrait of Mikhail Larionov ," 1913) and 1950 , Cubist (" The peasants , gathering grapes ", 1913-1914 ) and the futuristic 1912 -1914 years ( "Airplane over the city ," 1913) to the objective compositions 1913 -50th ( "Emptiness ", 1913). For the first time it will present a variety of searches Goncharova in the field of abstract painting. Goncharov presents artist of the world , whose work is in line with the global art process. Five tracks " Art features at the Peacock " (1910-1911) - the apogee of stylistic pluralism , each of paintings devoted to his direction .

Natalia Goncharova Void . 1913 canvas , gouache , oil , mixed media. 80 x 106 Source : Press Release THG

Natalia Goncharova Peacock in the bright sun ( Egyptian style ) . From the series "Art about the possibility of a peacock ." 1911 Oil on canvas. 129 x 144 Source : Press Release THG

As part of the exhibition , where presented book illustration , visitors can see rare books - patterns designed Goncharova in Russia and in France the author's books .

special section of the exhibition is devoted to the theater : there are exhibited designs for Diaghilev's productions , which have brought worldwide fame Goncharova , and the best works of the late period - drawing ballets " Heroes " for the Metropolitan theater in New York, and " The Last Romantic " for repertory Boris Knyazev .

Natalia Goncharova composition with horses and birds - Syrian. Drawing the curtain for the ballet " Les Noces " to the music of Igor Stravinsky . Unexercised option. Circa 1915 paper on cardboard , gouache and pencil. 53 x 73,5 Source : Press Release THG

will be shown for the first time Goncharova's work for fashion houses - the costumes , fabrics, carpets. A unique exhibit is provided by the Museum of Paris Galliera fashion - dress created by the sketch artist .

The exhibition offers the viewer a lot of discovery. The exhibition includes paintings French period , have never before been exhibited in Moscow, including " Shopgirl oranges " (1916 , Museum Ludwig in Cologne ) . For the first time in Russia after the show 's 1913-1914 program cycle is fully represented "Harvest" ( 1911) draw attention to decorative frieze and sketches of Parisian mansion S. Koussevitzky (1922 ), for the first time since the 1926 reunion of the polyptych "Spanish flu " (1923 -1926 ), one of the central panels in the exhibition is "Autumn evening.