Retrospective Exhibition "In memory of Teacher. Exhibition of Saint Petersburg artists - students workshop of Alexander Osmerkin" (
Russian: Памяти учителя. Выставка петербургских художников - учеников мастерской А. А. Осмеркина) became one of the notable event in the Saint Petersburg exhibition live of 1997 year.[1] The Exhibition took place in Saint Petersburg in the Memorial Museum of Nikolai A. Nekrasov. There were exhibited 44 art works from private collections created by 12 pupils of
Alexander Osmerkin. All them graduated Repin Institute of Arts in 1930-1950s.
History and Organization
Exhibition was opened on November 5, and worked up to December 1, 1997. Catalog was published.[2] The curator of exhibition was Nikolai Kononikhyn, collector and art critic.
For the Exhibition were selected art works created in 1940-1980s. Some of paintings were exhibited before, some paintings were shown in the first time. In general, the exhibition presented creation of famous masters - pupils of Alexander Osmerkin - in all genres of painting of 1940-1980s.
Portrait painting was represented of "Katya" by
Olga Bogaevskaya, "Portrait of young woman" by
Ivan Godlevsky, "A Boy" by Vera Lubimova, "Natasha in a chaise longue. Gurzuf" by
Evsey Moiseenko, "A Boy in a fur hat" by Nina Neratova, and some others.[5]
Landscape painting was represented of "Romantic landscape", "Flowering Almond. A Pathway" by
Evgenia Antipova, "Red House. Early Snow" by
Ivan Godlevsky, "Courtyard under snow", "Landscape with a fortress. Ancient Izborsk" by
Sergei Osipov, "Pristannoe village. Towards evening", "Landscape with herd", "Shore of the Volkhov River" by
Gleb Savinov, "A Spring. View on the Smolenka River" by
Victor Teterin, and some others.[6]
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