Arkhip Kuindzhi in Moscow
ARTinvestment.RU   14 августа 2018

The exhibition of the famous Russian artist opened on 4 October 2018 at the Tretyakov gallery in Lavrushinsky lane

is itself human destiny Arkhip Kuindzhi worthy of a novel. Born into a poor family of a shoemaker in Ukraine. From early childhood he was forced to earn a living, getting an apprentice. Study — as it will. In General, initial conditions — zero. Who-то of employers noticed that he enjoyed drawing and was advised to ask a student Aivazovsky, go to Feodosia. But the great gift Kuindzhi did not see, or did not, but learning was not much — sent to chatrapati.

Generally, Kuindzhi had all the time to get ahead in life. Even after he achieved fame and wealth, many did not recognize, including colleagues of the Wanderers, with whom he was close. When it appeared innovative, like emitting light landscapes, there was accusations of gamesmanship (he must have a special paint) and almost in bad taste. While my colleagues-передвижники put important social and philosophical issues, this know yourself admiring the beauty. And even says the devil-те as: no foreground, deliberately simplistic. "Birch grove" was criticized in his own way. "Ukrainian night" refused to buy Tretyakov. Part of the professional community was so unfriendly, that Kuindzhi decided to dissociate itself from these convictions. In 1882, at the peak of fame, Kuindzhi suddenly went into seclusion. For a long twenty years. Many thought that he gave up painting. But it was no — in the peace and quiet he did during this time hundreds of works, including several masterpieces.

the Exposition of the new exhibition Arkhip Kuindzhi will be about 120 paintings. They will come from the funds of the state Russian Museum, state Tretyakov gallery itself, regional museums and international collections. Now the paintings studied by the experts. One of the questions that he posed, — do Kuindzhi used a special chemical paint that can create the glow effect? The old speculation was nonsense: the paint were the most common, but used their man with a fantastic sense of color.

Work Kuindzhi not just buy at auctions. A lot of fakes. And among the original things of the masterpieces of the met: the size of the frighten, the story. Perhaps the only thing the Museum class, which for the time were sold at auction, — is a five-foot birch grove, 1881. In 2008 it was sold at Sotheby's for $3 065 000. And this price is the current auction record for the artist.

Source: tvkultura.ru, artinvestment.ru