FRANCOIS ANTOINE Avelino
Evening. 1740s
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Pushkin Pushkin
March 14 - June 15, 2014
Main building , Moscow, Volhonka , 12

Today at the Pushkin Museum opens the exhibition " Gallant game. French Rococo engraving from the collection of the Pushkin Museum. Pushkin . " Rococo art , one of the major artistic events in Western Europe XVIII century , called the " gallant style ," while his heyday - " chivalrous age." In the visual arts gallant ideal found in the highest embodiment of the paintings by Antoine Watteau and Francois Boucher , Nicolas Lancret and Jean-Honore Fragonard and others .

But in order to truly understand the XVIII century and see it in its true light , please refer to the engravings , as it is in them " gallant century " is presented in its entirety and diversity .

First Russian public will be shown rococo engravings of French Fund graphics, which is one of the best in the collection of the Pushkin Museum. Pushkin . This etchings , colored aquatint , engraving pencil manner of famous collections Barjatinsky , Bobrinsky Basninyh and other collectors .

Total exposition will feature approximately 60 works, including "Farewell" ( 1777 ) and " Happy possible swing" ( 1768 ) Nicolas Delaunay, " Incident at ball" ( 1775 ) by Antoine - Jean Duclos , "Evening" ( 1740s ), Francois Antoine Aveline , " German Dance " ( 1769), Gilles Demarto and others. Engravings , combined in such sections as gallant society in the park , theater , fashion whim , beauty , boudoir , acquaint viewers with one of the finest eras in history .

The exhibition will feature eight fans from the collection of the Alexander Vasiliev. Exhibition curator Natalia Vedeneyeva , senior researcher Pushkin Museum. Pushkin .

Source : arts-museum.ru