50 of the best works from the exhibition "Two brothers Benoit. Albert and Alexander. Watercolor of Russian and foreign private collections" will continue to be exhibited in the Central house of artist till March 5

Gallery "Cabinet"
4 Feb — on March 5 2017
Moscow, Central house of artist, mezzanine floor, the New gallery hall № 4

large-Scale exhibition of the same name was held with great success in January of this year. Curator of the exhibition and compiler of directories — antiquary, collector and philanthropist Konstantin Zhuromsky.

Exhibited the works of two famous representatives of the Benois family: the founder of the Association "World of art", master artist of "Russian seasons", art critic and art historian Alexander Benois (1870-1960) and his older brother — founder of the Society of Russian watercolors, academician of the Imperial Academy of arts Alberta (1852-1936).

At the exhibition you can buy Souvenirs issued by organizers to promote the legacy of artists. The range is designed for a variety of shopping opportunities-from individual cards and magnets with reproductions to high-quality prints made on watercolor paper in the pigment printing technique.

At the exhibition you can buy 2 separate album devoted to creativity of artists.

The Album. "Albert Benoit. Miracles" (216 pages) includes more than 200 illustrations:

• important dates in the life;
• excerpts from the memoirs of Alexander Benois about albert Benoit;
• the album of drawings: over 50 pencil sketches, cartoons, field sketches;
• index of papers, drawn from 88 catalogs of exhibitions, auctions, charity lotteries, reports of the Academy of arts and other sources from 1882 to 1998 гг.; the index contains more than 1,500 works;
• 40 vintage postcards with reproductions issued by the Community of St. Eugenia, typography Richard, Ostrovsky, and other publishers of the early twentieth century;
• 86 watercolors in the landscape part, including 36 works from the collection of the descendants of albert Benois, living in France.

Album "Alexander Benois. The happy worker" (260 pages, 300 illustrations):

• important dates in the life;
• a list of theatrical productions in which Alexander Benois participated as an artist and as a Director of;
• 46 postcards with reproductions of works by Alexander Benois, issued by the Community of St. Eugenia (the beginning of the twentieth century);
• 57 watercolors (mostly landscapes) from private Russian collections, created at different times, 1890-х to 1959;
• 48 sketches of scenery and theatrical costumes from the Russian private collections;
• a list of works by Alexander Benois exhibited at various exhibitions from 1891 to 2002. Just collected the information from a directory 104 exhibitions in Russia, Europe and USA.

the Exhibition "Two brothers Benoit. Albert and Alexander. Watercolor of Russian and foreign private collections" is open daily from 11:00 to 20:00.

Source: press-релиз Galleries "KABINET"