Museum of fine arts named after A. S. Pushkin
15 July @6 September. 2015
the Department of personal collections,
Moscow, Volkhonka str., 10

the Pushkin Museum Pushkin continues to acquaint the public with the private collections of Russian collectors. From 15 July to 6 September in the halls of the Department of personal collections this is a collection of Alexander Volodchenkova. The exhibition in the Pushkin Museum to them. A. S. Pushkin — the first show of the collection of a collector for the General public. The exhibition includes over one hundred works of Russian painting of XIX–XX centuries by such masters as Vasily Perov,, Ivan Aivazovsky, Isaac Levitan, Viktor Vasnetsov, Konstantin and Vladimir Makovsky, Alexander Benois, Boris Kustodiev, Mstislav Dobuzhinsky and Nathan Altman@

Collection Alexander Volodchenkova and it will be interesting to a wide range of art lovers and professionals in the field of painting. In the collection there are works of genre painting of the second half of the nineteenth century, paintings of the Wanderers and "Russian impressionism". It is worth noting the work of artists of the first series, including "Yaroslavna's Lament" by V. Perov, "a knight at the Crossroads" by V. Vasnetsov, "Mirage in the desert" P. Kuznetsov, "In the" B. Kustodiev, "Night bathers" N. Krymov. Visitors to the exhibition will see works by artists 1860-х: "Spring" N. Altman, "Lovers of fine" L. Solomatkin, and "In the presence of (Output of the head)" — perhaps the most lively and sharp picture V. Pukirev, author of the famous "Unequal marriage".

the exhibition includes works by Makovsky brothers. Vladimir Makovsky is distinguished by observation and interest in everyday scenes. Here and idyllic children's images, and the beauty of comfort, and the poetry of nature, and subtle humor and bitter irony in the picture is a tragicomic scenes of city life. Each of his paintings — short but imaginative and accurate story about human destinies and relations, written with a humorous, lyrical intonation. Brother Vladimir, Konstantin, was a secular artist. It was often called "the Russian Rubens". The Emperor Alexander II spoke of Konstantin Makovsky as "his artist".

Interest Alexander Volodchenkova not limited to the domestic genre, another hobby became Russian landscape. Among the works of this genre — "Imperial bath in Feodosia night" by Aivazovsky, "On the island of Capri" A. Bogolyubov, "Harvest" A. Kiseleva. Heritage V. Polenov presents not only the typical landscapes and works of the gospel cycle, but also executed during the Russo-турецкой war of 1877-1878 wonderful painting interior scene "inside view of a room of Prince Trubetskoy in Brestova in Bulgaria". Surprise for the admirers of landscape painter N. Dubovsky will be painting "Port-Артурское case". It captures the trial in the case of the surrender of Port-Артура during the Russo-японской war, and in the collection there is also an album with numerous sketches made Dubowski in the hall Suda@

the Landscape genre is presented by V. Vereshchagin "view of Moscow Kremlin in winter." Not to mention the picture of I. Levitan "Sailing", this is the latest work by the master — one of the few of his landscapes, close to the symbolism. Deserves special attention and the big picture "Swing" written A. Stepanov, friend of I. Levitan. This is the last, final work of the artist. In 1923 she was shown to the public at the world exhibition in new-Йорке and until recently belonged to the Museum of the Institute Carnegie@

a Significant part of the collection devoted to the works of artists society "World of art". The exhibition can be seen the portraits of Henrietta Girshman written Konstantin Somov. And one of the most beloved artists of the collector, Alexander Benois, presents not only paintings and sketches of theatrical scenery, but also a complete set of the magazine "World of art", the pages of which have survived him commentarii@

an Interest in art at Alexander Volodchenkova awakened his music teacher. And his brother — theatre Director and teacher Arseniy Sagal'chik — influenced the formation of Alexander's taste. Preferences A. N. Volodchenkova changed over time, he was fond of the Impressionists, artists from the group "Jack of diamonds", came the stage of collecting works of the Wanderers, in the end, he opted for the works of Russian genre painting. Collector himself refers to his passion as intellectual game: "Were gathering and victories and disappointments, but I did not stop, on the contrary, only fueled my excitement. What-то moment I realized that this is a huge part of my life." Today Alexander Volodinsky continues to replenish your Sobranie@

selected works from the private collection of A. N. Volodchenkova already exhibited in other major Russian museums such as the Tretyakov gallery, Russian Museum, Home-музей I. I. Levitan and drugih@

Source: arts-museum.ru