Dynasty Serebryakov at the Tretyakov Gallery
Today opens the exhibition of works of Zinaida Serebryakova Paris period, as well as works by Alexander and Catherine Serebryakov from the collection Fondation Serebriakoff (Paris)
Tretyakov Gallery, February 13 - March 30, 2014
Moscow, Lavrushinsky Lane , 12 ,
Corps of Engineers , 3rd floor
Today the State Tretyakov Gallery opens the exhibition " Serebryakovs " showcasing works Zinaida Serebryakova Paris period , as well as work Alexander and Catherine Serebryakov from the collection Fondation Serebriakoff ( Paris ).
Exposure prepared for the 130th anniversary of Zinaida Serebryakova ( 1884-1967 ), the painter , painter who belonged to the galaxy of artists miriskusnikov "second wave" , representatives of the illustrious artistic dynasty Benoit - Lancer - a significant event in the exhibition practice Tretyakov Gallery. Following the screenings by V. D. Baranov -Rossini , A. Zagrekova , Tarkhova , M. V. Verevkina , Feshin , N. Goncharova Museum continues to consistently acquaint the public with the work of Russian artists abroad , often unknown at home. The dramatic events of the early twentieth century forced to leave into exile a whole galaxy of talented artists . Show their heritage in Russia - an attempt to create a holistic view of Russian art of the past century .
Since 1910 painting " For toilet. Self-Portrait "(1909 ) was acquired by the Council of the Tretyakov Gallery exhibition at the VII Russian Union of Artists and became a museum exhibition , ZE Serebriakova has become one of the most beloved public painters. In his work , stylistically close neoakademicheskomu direction , she created the most charming in the Russian art images of women and children .
More than half of life, since 1924 , ZE Serebriakova lived in France . The works of this period for a long time were almost unknown in our country. The first major exhibition of her works in the USSR , which included the French work was organized with the participation of the artist in 1965-1966 in Moscow, Kiev and Leningrad. Most imported from Paris works were purchased by the largest museums of the country , including the Tretyakov Gallery Received magnificent series of pastels . This exhibition will be the first in Russia , devoted entirely to the works of foreign artists . The exhibition features more than 70 works Serebrya , stored in her Paris studio and never before exhibited in this country .
Serebriakova grew and evolved as an artist in the circle of a large family whose members were architects painters, graphic artists , sculptors, art theorists , largely determines the Russian culture in the manor house , surrounded by a rural landscape , in contact with the legacy of classics , perceived it to travel with her mother and uncle , Alexander Benois , Italy. Short training in art studio M. Tenisheva , studio O. Braz in St. Petersburg and the Academy Grand Chaumiere in Paris enriched her skills working with nature . Love of Russian artists of the second half of XVIII - first half of the XIX century and the masters of the Italian Renaissance affected her plastic restrained laconic language and elasticity lines accentuated relief forms , choice of angles in complex compositions. Started working as a portraitist, Serebriakova soon showed himself a master of story paintings , creating a cycle of epic paintings on the theme of rural labor , which captured the perfect image of a Russian peasant .
tragic events of 1917 , her husband's death , ruin Neskuchnoye ancestral estate , lack of livelihood caused Serebrya out to France in the hope of earning. However, a trip planned as temporary , was a lifelong emigration. Two of her four children , Alexander and Catherine managed to move to the mother ; senior - Eugene and Tatiana - Serebriakova saw only forty years later .
Despite the difficulties of life in exile , the absence of regular orders often complete uselessness , Serebriakova retained artistic identity of thinking and language. She remained indifferent to innovative trends of contemporary European art and continued to defend their own creative principles , while remaining faithful to the stylistic and philosophical traditions of the " World of Art ».
The exhibition presents all genres specific to the French period of creativity artist : portrait, landscape, still life and one of the most loved it - nude .
Portraits representatives of the French and Russian aristocracy began to Serebrya main source of earnings. She often wrote several options portraits , achieving inner peace transmission model. Due to lack of funds on expensive oil and canvas , as well as trying to speed performance, the artist began to work a lot in graphic techniques - pastels , colored pencils, watercolors , reaching their exceptional virtuosity .
The exhibition includes portraits of children masterfully executed , such as " Portrait of the son of Sergei Prokofiev's " (1927 ) . But the most expressive image of her own children - Alexander and Catherine , the most frequent and favorite models .
Emigration Serebriakova sought to return to the themes and subjects, it is interested in Russia - monumental and idyllic images of peasants , once inspired her paintings A. Venetsianov . The exhibition presents the triptych "The Bath " (1926 ), created in continuation of the famous , full of homeland cycle " Bani ».
Since 1926 , Serebriakova could afford to travel with children from Paris sketches - in Brittany, the South of France , Corsica, Italy , England, Switzerland . At the exhibition, created in these travel landscape paintings and graphics , portraits of local people , the peasants. In oil paintings " baker street Lepic " (1927 ) and " vegetables vendor in Nice " (1931 ) was able to accurately convey Serebrya specificity French typecasting .
| ZINAIDA SEREBRYAKOVA Paris, Jardin des Tuileries . 1930 Paper, gouache , lacquer. 41 × 52 Source : Press Release THG |  ZINAIDA SEREBRYAKOVA First day in Marrakech. View from the window of the hotel " Continental" . 1928 Tempera on paper . 48 × 63 Source : Press Release THG |
special place in the heritage of the artist takes a series of works created during two short trips to Morocco in 1928-1929 and 1932 . Bright, emotional, is a rare scenic maestro works are filled with admiration for the beauty of Oriental life : exotic landscapes , genre scenes and people in the streets and bazaars of Marrakech, Fes , Sefrou . Moroccan cycle certificate highest rise in the foreign work of the artist , for the first time presented to the viewer as well .
 ZINAIDA SEREBRYAKOVA Playing the Oude ( Two Moroccan white) . 1928 Pastel on paper . 47 × 60 Source : Press Release THG |  ZINAIDA SEREBRYAKOVA Landscape with views of the courtyard houses in the city of Fez. 1932 Tempera on paper . 48 × 63 Source : Press Release THG |
 ZINAIDA SEREBRYAKOVA Seated Moroccan . 1928 Pastel on paper . 63 × 48 Source : Press Release THG |  ZINAIDA SEREBRYAKOVA Moroccan with a baby . Marrakech . 1932 Pastel on paper . 48 × 63 Source : Press Release THG |
Showing works Serebrya added first brought in Russian works of her children - Alexander (1907-1995) and Catherine (b. 1913). They were formed in the atmosphere as artists Paris studio of his mother , both sets of miniature gift , perfect mastery of watercolor technique . Their work is an example of a compound of the European and Russian art traditions inherent creativity of all generations Benoit - Lancer - Serebryakov .
 ALEXANDER SEREBRYAKOV Blue lounge. 1943 watercolor on paper 33,5 × 51 Source : Press Release THG | CATHERINE SEREBRYAKOVA Saucer with strawberries and currants . 1950 Mixed media on paper . 20 × 25 Source : Press Release THG |
This show will be a new stage in the study of the French period Serebrya creativity . The exhibition catalog published album , prepared training program , which includes lectures and tours copyrights .
Source : Press Release THG
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