In the Tretyakov Gallery are preparing a grand exposition of Konstantin Korovin

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05.12.11 In the Tretyakov Gallery are preparing a grand exposition of Konstantin Korovinhttp://www.tvkultura.ru/video.html?id=315346
     
The most brilliant and consistent Russian impressionist - so experts define the essence of creativity by Konstantin Korovin. Apprentice Savrasov and Polenov, in 1883 he wrote a book which later was called "the first sign" of Impressionism in Russia - "Portrait of a chorus girl," the most admired Repin. Today marks the 150th birthday of Konstantin Korovin. The Tretyakov Gallery is preparing a commemorative exhibition, which will bring together more than twenty Russian museums and private collectors. On what work preceded this event, in a report "news culture".


Before you get to the exhibition, all works of Konstantin Korovin exposed to ultraviolet survey. Korovin forge almost as often as Aivazovsky and Levitan. Therefore, a comprehensive study is necessary. Ultraviolet light, for example, to determine the age of the picture - new paint will glow bright blue. This picture is not fake - it just recently restored. But even if you try to wear out varnish, paint pick up, learn the technique of painting, learn how to forge a signature Korovin - all the same, say experts, equipment and a trained eye can not deceive.
"He has such textured brushstrokes that seem to lie just on the canvas, but they will not peel off, they stay, they live, - tells the head of the department of scientific expertise TG Lydia Gladkov. - And it is working as an artist's handwriting. And this is all evident on the radiograph. " For many years now in the Tretyakov create a data bank on each artist. In it, as in the passport man, contain information about all the paintings, when written, what colors, how many times restored. X-rays allow us to see the inner structure of the picture. And here is something just hiding and the main mystery.

Forger and copyist, he sees only the surface structure, and is quite a lot of work that the artist is from below, starts with the picture and gradually layer by layer, all this is reflected in the radiograph.

Extraordinary popularity of Konstantin Korovin associated primarily with his talent artist dekorativista. Korovin and many have successfully worked with the theater, but it became famous as the author of paintings. It is called the founder of the impressionist school of Moscow.

"It's a fleeting glance at such a swift moment of life - says Deputy Director for Science TG Lydia Iovleva. - This is his principle - the principle of selection of the plot, motive, of composition, and as a painter, he is an impressionist-dekorativist, and it was new, it's still alive so far, and why it is so in demand not only among collectors, but also among the artists ".

In recent years, Konstantin Korovin, lived in France, lived in poverty, pictures of his own words, written for an egg - to feed his family. At the same time the artist first tried his hand as a writer. More recently, the manuscript of his stories were published in Russia. Korovin has never considered himself an immigrant, like many, he thought he was going away for long, but in Russia and never returned.