Exhibition of Paul Dmitrievich Shmarovav in the halls of the Art Gallery of Zurab Tsereteli

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Exhibition of works of Paul Dmitrievich Shmarova in the halls of the Art Gallery of Zurab Tsereteli is held within the Year of France in Russia. It is organized by Joelle Garcia, and Organización Association "Franco-Russian Dialogue" supported by the Russian Academy of Arts.
For the first time in Russia 90 works exhibited PD Shmarova (paintings, drawings, sketches) from the collection of well-known French collector Joel Garcia, and also belonged to the artist objects and arhivy.Ekspozitsiya provides an opportunity to get acquainted with the creative biography of the artist, to assess the influence on his work of French culture , which became in 1924 his second home.

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At the end of the last century, an opportunity to learn about the many Russian artists who emigrated from Russia in 1920, as the topic for many years was taboo. One of the most talented painters, whose name is now returning to their homeland, is Paul D. Shmarov.
P. Shmarov (real name - Paul Shmyrov) was born in 1874 in Voronezh in a peasant family. In 1893, Paul went to study in a free drawing school LG Solovyov, who focus on drawing and sketches in the open air. In 1894. He was admitted to the Higher Art School at the Imperial Academy of Arts. In the workshop, led by I. Repin, he became acquainted with the future well-known artists - F. Malyavin, Kustodiev, A.Ostroumovoy-Lebedeva, etc.
In 1899, a graduate now at a historical theme, "Woe to the vanquished" P. Shmarov receives a gold medal, the official title of "artist" and overseas pensionerstvo (state scholarship to study abroad). The artist traveled to Vienna, Rome, Florence, Venice and Munich, where a few weeks together with Borisov-Musatov at school artist Anton Aschbe. In 1904, together with Kustodiev discovered Spain.
The artist exhibits his work on "Spring salon" Academy of Arts. From 1900 to 1910. He made a series of portraits of aristocrats, industrialists, prominent figures in science and culture, as well as portraits of Nicholas II and members of the imperial family, for which he was awarded the title of court painter. P. Shmarov wrote great genre and battle paintings, decorative panels, making drawings for newspapers, works for the theater, illustrated works of Nekrasov, Pushkin, the historian and archaeologist Zabelina. In his monumental canvas "The Battle of Borodino" successfully combined lush palette, the accuracy of the figure, composition and historical accuracy.


In 1916, P. Shmarova elected academician of the Academy of Arts. That same year, commissioned by the publisher Suvorina artist goes to the front, where do 30 paintings on military theme. His works are published in many publications. In 1917 he participated in the first exhibition of paintings, sketches and sketches of the Fund AIKuindzhi, and in 1919 - the first free all-Russian exhibition of works of art.
In early 1923, Shmarov leaving Russia to Rome, then at the end of 1924 settled in Paris. Focusing on order, painted portraits, among them - portraits Chaliapin and Serge Lifar, creates a lot of landscapes with the bather or a young peasant woman in Russian costume, steeped in nostalgia for their native land, as well as numerous still lifes.
The first solo exhibition was held in the gallery Charpentier in 1928, on which the Luxembourg Museum acquired his painting "Bathing". He participates in exhibitions of Russian art in Paris, as well as in the cities of Germany, Britain, Belgium, Holland, Argentina and Yugoslavia. By 1939 exhibits his paintings in the salons of French artists, works for the theater. Financial difficulties are often forced the artist to pay for housing patterns.
His wife - Olga Vinogradova, former wardrobe mistress of the Bolshoi Theater. For instance, she made the costume for the role of Chaliapin's Boris Godunov.

During the Second World War, they moved to Boulogne-Biyyankur, where both were active parishioners of the Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas. In 1946, the Union of Soviet patriots organized a Paris exhibition in honor of the Victory ", which was attended by P. Shmarov. He was very homesick, but died without seeing her. Buried at the cemetery Pierre Grenier Boulogne-Biyyankure.
P. Shmarov left France a great artistic heritage that combines the Russian academic tradition with art deco. In 1955, his widow and friends held a retrospective exhibition at the gallery Charpentier. After the death of Olga's work remaining dispersed to different kollektsiyam.V exhibition program - screening of the documentary "Paul Shmarov" (directed by Nicolas Tihomiroff) 2010g.V September exposition of works of P. Shmarova opened in Voronezh Museum of Art INKramskoy - on home of the artist. It will be complemented by works from the collections of the museum itself.
Exhibition of works of Paul Dmitrievich Shmarova gives us a unique opportunity to come into contact with the work of this talented author and an idea of his multi talent.

The exhibition runs to 22 August 2010.

Museum and Exhibition Complex of the Russian Academy of Arts. Zurab Tsereteli Art Gallery. Moscow, Prechistenka, 19
 
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