Tonight in the Museum and exhibition center School Andriaka water colour exhibition, the exhibition which contains graphics Aivazovsky, Bakst, Benois, Bogolyubov, Zichy, Klodt, Lagorio, Makovsky, Mikeshin, etc.

the School of watercolors Andriaka
16 may @June 12. 2015
Moscow, Gorokhovskiy lane., 17

In Museum-выставочном center School of watercolors Andriaka tonight opens the exhibition "the Society of Russian watercolors. The heyday of".

the Exhibition provides a great opportunity to see in a single exposure watercolors and drawings of the great Russian artists — participants the Society of Russian watercolorists, among which I. K. Aivazovsky, L. S. Bakst, A. N. Benoit, , A. P. Bogolyubov, M. A. Zichy, M. P. Klodt, Lagorio, V. E. Makovsky, M. O. Mikeshin, N. Dmitry Prokofiev, A. I. Charlemagne@

the exhibition presents famous, rare, and first show of watercolors and drawings by great artists-акварелистов abroad XIX — XX centuries, including landscapes, portraits, interiors, book illustrations, sketches of theatrical scenery and costumes, genre sketches, scenes of naval battles and military parades, from the collections of the State historical Museum, the State Pushkin Museum, the State Hermitage Museum, the Central military-морского Museum, as well as from private collecti@

the concept of the exhibition "the Society of Russian watercolors. The heyday of" at the School of watercolors involves the display the various flows in a watercolor painting of the late XIX @the beginning of the XX. veka@

From the Circle of the Imperial Society

History the Society of Russian watercolorists begins in 1880 in St. Petersburg, when a few talented artists organized a group, one purpose of which was to conduct watercolor exhibitions. Soon the Mug was given the name under which the Association is known to the present Deni@

Under the Company Charter, approved July 11, 1887, for the purpose it was announced assistance "to the success and development of watercolor painting in Russia". Valid members of society could become artists living in Russia and dignified said of himself through his works, mainly in the exhibitions of the society as exhibitors. Exhibitions of the society were held ejegodno@

In 1907, in connection with the 25th-летием Society held its anniversary exhibition and on the Highest rescript it has been called Imperial. The patronage of the Imperial family was not accidental: the activities of the society of watercolorists was distinguished by the breadth and activity. For a quarter century he spent thirty-eight exhibitions in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Riga, Helsinki, Munich. In 1890, even before the opening of the Tenth exhibition of the St. Petersburg watercolors, it was visited by Alexander III, and since then members of the Imperial family regularly attended annual watercolor exhibition openings. The society of watercolorists was regularly holds traditional "Friday watercolors", a kind of artistic-артистические, music-литературные vstrechi@

the First Chairman of the Society became academician albert Benoit. For years of existence of the Society as its full members were such well-known masters of watercolors, A. K. Beggrov, , A. P. Bogolyubov, Ф.Ф.Бухгольц, E. O. Wiesel, M. P. Klodt, Lagorio, K. E. Makovsky, L. O. Premazzi, , A. P. Sokolov, N. P. Himona, A. I. Charlemagne. Just at different times a member of the society consisted of about one hundred chelovek@

Thanks to the efforts of members of Society in the late XIX — the early twentieth century, no one in Russia is not considered watercolor as an auxiliary technique. Inspired by the success of watercolors in the capitals, and then across Russia, various art associations begin to hold exhibitions of the picture. Despite the fact that the revolutionary events of 1917-1918 interrupted the activities of the Company, the contribution to the fracture of the aesthetic views of the public, which it did, hard pereocenit@

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