The exposition in Omsk Museum of fine arts named after M. A. Vrubel became 61 lithographs from private collections in Germany, Belgium and France

Omsk regional Museum of fine arts named after M. A. Vrubel
8 August – 28 September 2014
Omsk, Lenina str., 23, the Governor-General's Palace

Omsk regional Museum of fine arts named after M. A. Vrubel in conjunction with the Art center in Featherbed rows (St. Petersburg) is holding an exhibition of graphics by Pablo Picasso "Paragraphs" in the Governor-General's dvorce@

the Exhibition includes works by the major phases of the master: the early, "blue" periods, analytical and synthetic cubism; sketches of the most famous artist's "Guernica", a series of late works "Toros and toreros", "War and peace". The exhibition includes 61 lithograph from private collections in Germany, Belgium and Francie@

the Early period is represented by a series of works "the color Blue of Barcelona" (Les Bleus de Barcelone). At this time Picasso actually lives in two cities: Barcelona and in the heart of the new arts — in Paris. His work is imbued with the spirit of the French capital, with its diverse colors, and favorite motifs are images of loving couples, scenes in cafés and cabarets. It includes work "blue" period, in which the variety is replaced by immersion in grey-blue and dark-blue tones — the shades of sadness, loneliness and longing. This stage of the work was marked by deep feelings after the loss of a close friend of the artist — Carlos Casagemas, committed suicide. Frequent subjects are images of single women and men, mothers with children, crazy, Starikov@

Verge analytical and synthetic cubism are revealed in a series of "Papier Colle" (Papiers Colles), which means "paper collage". Not accidentally, many researchers attributed to Picasso the invention of collage. This technique allowed to break the image plane, dissect objects, revealing the invisible rational essence VESA@

In April 1937 years of Nazi aircraft destroyed a small town in the Basque Guernica. Picasso affected by this event creates a huge canvas of the same name. The exhibition presents all the way to create this acute socio-political picture in 37 eskiseh@

Individual creativity can be called the image of the lovers Picasso, the exact amount of which will not be able to identify any expert. In the exhibition one can see a series of portraits of women: from the beautiful faces with the observance of classic proportions and surreal, literally tearing at casti@

the exhibition paid attention to the later post-war work of the master — in particular, his passion for bullfighting in the series "Toros and toreros" (Toros y Toreros). Here, as before, Picasso excite the most critical moments — a person on the verge of life and death. Ends with a display of works from the series "War and peace" which sum up the work of a prominent master@

Source: vrubel.ru