Retrospective Exhibition "Still life of 1950-1990s. The Leningrad School" (
Russian: Натюрморт в живописи 1950-1990-х годов. Ленинградская школа) became one of the most notable event in the exhibition live of 1997 year.[1] The Exhibition took place in Saint Petersburg in the Memorial Museum of Nikolai A. Nekrasov. There were exhibited 56 art works from private collections of 25 importrant masters of this genre.
History and Organization
Exhibition was opened on April 26, and worked up to June 1, 1997. Catalog was published.[2]
For the Exhibition were selected art works created in 1950-1980s. Some of them were exhibited before,[4][5][6][7] some paintings were shown in the first time. In general, the exhibition presented as works of famous masters of this genre, and the direction of development of Still life painting in the works by Leningrad artists of the middle - second half of the twentieth century.
Still life of second half of 1950s was represented by the works of "Peonies" (1958) by
Vladimir Malevsky, "Peonies" (1959) by
Evgeny Pozdniakov, "Still life with a bust of Seneca" (1958) by
Lev Russov, "Flowers and Cherry" (1956) by
Elena Skuin, "Still life with a book" (1956) by
Piotr Vasiliev, "Glass on the Blue" (1958) by
Nina Veselova, and some others.[8]
Still life of 1960s was represented by the works of "Still life with Pussy-Willows" (1964) by
Taisia Afonina, "Still life with Brushes" (1968) by
Piotr Litvinsky, "Smoked Vobla" (1969) by
Nikolai Pozdneev, "Still life with White Cup" (1969) by
Kapitolina Rumiantseva, and some others.[9]
Still life of 1980s and beginning of 1990s was represented by the works of "Still Life with Watermelon" (1992) by
Piotr Alberti, "Still life with yellow cloth" (1981) by
Rostislav Vovkushevsky, "Still life with Roses" (1991) by
Veniamin Borisov, and some others.[11]
Acknowledgment
Exhibition was widely covered in press[12][13][14][15] and in literature specialized at Soviet fine art.[16] In reviews noted the high level of the works[17] and a rare opportunity to see together paintings of graduates of almost all famous workshops of the Academy of Arts.[18]
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