Pavel Korin - "Requiem". On the history of "Disappearing Russia"

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For several years, the Tretyakov Gallery was preparing for the implementation of large and complex special project dedicated to the picture of Pavel Korin 's "Requiem . Disappearing Russia " , one of the most spectacular and mysterious artistic ideas of the twentieth century , which remained unfinished. First after major restoration work Tretyakov Gallery exposes the entire body portraits , sketches and sketches for the painting , including her intended for the large-format canvas .

Pavel Korin (1892-1967) - an outstanding painter, whose life and work are full of tragic ironies . Hereditary Palekh icon painter , a student and close friend of Nesterov , P.D.Korin was known contemporaries primarily as a portrait artist . His hands have become classic images belong artists STKonenkov , M.S.Saryana , Nesterov , Kukryniksov made ​​in 1940-1960 -ies. Significant for the perceived Soviet art monumental works Corina - mosaic metro station " Komsomolskaya " and " Smolensk " , stained station "Novoslobodskaya" . Thanks to them, the master has received formal recognition . But his main occupation was the work on the movie " Requiem ."

Design work began in March 1925 under the influence of popular farewell to Patriarch Tikhon , in which Corinne participated . Shocked by what he saw, he decided to write a large canvas on which the protagonists would be real participants in the funeral ceremony of the patriarch. For specific event artist saw generalization - " goes to church last parade " ( P.D.Korin ) . Calling the future picture "Requiem" , the master has determined its content as a funeral liturgy , funeral farewell. Second , widely known in the Soviet era name - " Vanishing Rus" ( " Disappearing Russia " ) - was given the product for Maxim Gorky and was Corina kind of " safe conduct " .

The general idea of "Requiem " transformed over the years : the original version - care ascetics death spiritual tradition - in the final version was transformed into evidence " inexhaustible set of" Church as a perpetual source of spirit. Changed accordingly and composition . If in earlier versions artist sketches built its principle procession procession (operation 1927 ) , the latter sketch (1959) Corinne came to the idea Deisis electing the scene of the central space of the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin

As a result of preparatory work for the film formed a cycle of 29 portraits, sketches variants compositions , sketches of interiors of the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin . Primed canvas ( 551 × 941 cm ) placed on display for decades stood untouched in the artist's studio . Now he perceived a kind of tuning fork , by which it becomes clear the grandeur of conception , indicating Corina as continuing the tradition of creating a " large " historical picture , the most important for the national art, and the entire series of works created for " Disappearing Russia " , reads the most significant.

Portraits of real characters - metropolitans , archbishops , abbots , skhimnitsy , poor , blind, monks and nuns who came to bid farewell to their patriarch , - on canvas artist transformed into symbols of the tragic events in the history of Russia XX century. Many of the actors in " Requiem " served to Corina examples of moral and spiritual choices . Perpetuation of their image through art was one of the main tasks of the master. Clear silhouettes , expressive but restrained gestures and postures suggest that significant internal strength heroes pictures, the best representatives of the Church before the Earth faces the Heavenly Church .

Corinne continued to work on the project for over 30 years and not start writing large canvases . However, the lack of implementation of the main idea is not perceived as its collapse . The idea of "Requiem " and the process of working on it were unprecedented in Soviet art . Currently corpus of works associated with the implementation of this idea , it is a holistic creative project . Included in his work are built into a single and powerful polyphonic fabric . About picture Corina legends . Master painter became a place of pilgrimage for artists, writers, artists , diplomats , preserved memories of visiting her Commissars , clergymen . So " Requiem " has become a significant phenomenon of the informal artistic life in Moscow .

Work on the " Requiem " was the master of the Laboratory , which formed the creative principles and painting techniques , largely determine the future plastic opening in the domestic arts of the 1960s .

Since its inception, canvases stored in the house on Malaya P.D.Korina Pirogov street. Subsequently, at the bequest of the artist house was transferred to the Tretyakov Gallery and became one of the scientific departments of the museum . However, workshop building - a former apartment house laundry - proved unsuitable for exhibits. In unfavorable storage conditions all changed color paintings , as author lacquer lost transparency. In 2009, the canvas came to the store from the Tretyakov Gallery is closed for renovation House Museum P.D.Korina .

For several years the museum's experts using unique techniques copyright aligned lacquer film , spent regeneration varnish removed sagging canvases . Two paintings were restored thanks to the financial support of " fuel elements " . As a result of work on many paintings opened previously not read the details , depth and clarity returned color range . Manifested intense color of the painting is a real boon even to the scholars of Corina . Modern audience for the first time provided an opportunity to see these paintings in pristine condition.
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