In Pushkin Museum. Pushkin opened an exhibition dedicated to the publication of a new book about the life and work of Alexander Labas (1900-1983). Presented his graphic work and an unknown Russian audience painting "The train goes (train from Mosco

Alexander Labas in the workshop.
On the easel portrait of Olga Labas . 1980
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Department of Private Collections Pushkin Museum. Pushkin
November 29 - December 15, 2013
Ul. Volhonka , 10

in the Department of Private Collections Pushkin Museum. Pushkin , an exhibition - presentation of the book critic Natalia Semenova on the life and work of one of the largest domestic artists Alexander Labas (1900-1983), published in 2013 in the series f . The work is based on real documents , preserved in the archives of Smolensk, Riga , Vitebsk, in RGALI artist's family , as well as his memories , many of which have never been published .

creative destiny Alexander Labasa linked with the history of Soviet art. Having started his studies in 1912 at the Imperial Stroganov School of Industrial Art , Labas parallel worked in the studio Rerberg , then - in the studio Ilya Ivanovich Mashkov . In 1920 he studied at VKhUTEMAS : first workshop Malyavina , and then - at Petr Petrovich Konchalovsky . Since 1924, at the invitation Vladimir Favorsky became ibid. teach painting and chromatics . In the second half of the 1920s , Alexander Labas became one of the founding members of the artistic association " Society Easel" ( OST ) , and actively participated in its exhibitions. In the 1920s and 30s he designed productions for the Theatre . Komissarzhevskaya , Theatre . Yermolova in GOSET .

In 1932, the Soviet Union launched the "struggle against formalism ." Until the mid-1960s Labas was excommunicated from participation in major exhibitions. Only earnings was the creation of panoramas and dioramas , murals for major international exhibitions . Confidence in the correctness of his career, has not given any Labasa bend under the weight of domestic problems , or under pressure from the authorities during the long struggle against formalism nor the painful anticipation of exhibitions , which were not more than three decades , and therefore waiting for a meeting with the audience.

in 1976, the first solo exhibition of the artist in the exhibition hall of the Union of Artists at the Kuznetsk Bridge . Began his "return" to the viewer .

Today Alexander Labas - one of the most popular artists . His works are in major museums around the country , in domestic and foreign private collections .

Book Natalia Semenova " Labas " tells not only the fate of Alexander Labas , but also about the dramatic history of Soviet art. The book contains a photographic material , as well as reproductions of works by Alexander Labas .

In the book , on display at the Department of personal collections for the first time viewers will be able to see the picture of " The train goes ( train from Moscow ) ," which master was created in the early 1920s and sold in New York at an exhibition of the artist. It was this work is the first version of the famous painting " The train is coming " (1929 ), located in the State Russian Museum. Viewers will be able to compare both these paintings presented in the Department of Private Collections . The exhibition also shows the schedule of the meeting Alexander Labas Pushkin Museum. Pushkin .

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