  
The 19th century Russian Arts Exhibition in Orsay in 2005 was an excellent display of Russia art to me. The style and coldness touch was a side view of how the Russian culture had been during the 18th and 19th century. Since then, I was trying to record some post-visit notes after the exhibition. Priority takes over another priority and it was a surprise that I saw again quite some of the drawing this weekend at the Tretyakov Gallery that have been shown at Orsay. The Tretyakov Gallery has a collection of numerous representative drawings of Russian arts during the era, and works of famous artists like Levitsky, Perov, Kramskoy, Yaroshenko, Repin and Serikov are kept in the Gallery. Basic and subtle design of the Gallery, the display and presentation of the works are neat and proper. The more I walked in the gallery, the more I found the brightness of the collection. Some must-see works include «ночъ на днепре» by Kuinji, «лунная ночъ» by Kramskoy, «всюду жиэнъ» by Yaroshenko, «апофеоэ войны» by Vereshchagin, «boyarynja morozova» by Servikov, «a religious procession in kursk gubernyia» by Repin etc. Seeing Repin’s «не ждали» was truly like the unexpected return of the lost-and-found paintings in my mind.
Perhaps the collection compiles mainly work of no more than 300 years, or perhaps the preserved technique of the drawing is brilliantly carried out. Some paintings are still so fresh and intimate to the visitors. The nature of adverse environment and cold weather in Russia offers a broader view of the artists to devote into landscapes of coolness and natural occurrence of things around the people. This in fact engraves a unique thickness of the Russian paintings when compared to other European paintings of the same era. Facial expression is depicted in every portrait in the Gallery. The Russian works were dense in the sensation on faces and visual. Among hundreds of portrait, I found the original portrait of Dostoevsky painted by Periv in 1872.
The Tretyakov Gallery publishes a quarterly magazine named «галерея» which is also a weighted art journal.Libellés : moscow, peinture, perov, repin, russia, serikov, tretyakov |
