Tretyakov show graphics from the collection of avant-garde Larionov

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show Tretyakovka graphics from the collection of avant-garde Larionov

16/02/201017: 44

MOSCOW, February 16 - RIA Novosti. Exhibition "The whole world - theater," which displays works of art from the collection of avant-garde artist Mikhail Larionov, opened at the Tretyakov Gallery on Tuesday, RIA Novosti reported the press service of the museum.

The exhibition tells about collecting activities Larionov, who along with his wife Natalia Goncharova in 1915 left Russia joined the European tour in Diaghilev's ballet company, and always remained in Paris. Legacy of the couple got into the Tretyakov Gallery in 1989 as a bequest of the artist's second wife Alexandra Tomilin.

Organizers selected from numbering 10 thousand sheets of a collection of 300 works reflecting the artist's interest in the history of theater, dance, costume. All of them are presented in several sections.

The "Unusual travel" includes a poster middle of XVIII - early XX centuries from various countries. "The whole world - theater dedicated to the engraving of Western Europe began XVI - XVIII centuries, introduces the major European engraving techniques and reflects a theatrical, spectacular nature of European art at that time.

Section La vie parisienne presented scenes from the life of actors, artists and circus, frequenters of the opera boxes and slum backstage, and masked balls - all created by French authors. Russian as part of the collection shows the section "And the smoke of the fatherland," which displayed a variety of materials on the history lubok - from the popular images of over two centuries ago to copyright Lubkov beginning of XX century.

In addition, the show also includes sections on "In the rhythm of the dance," But the West is West, East is East ...", "... Under the cherry blossom" and "Happy New Year, the holiday of spring, where exhibited Chinese and Vietnamese New Year folk paintings.

All collected Larionov, in the end it was his source of inspiration for the design of the performance, so the thematic diversity of his collection is so large. In his collection of works by French engraver and painter of XVII century, Jacques Callot, or master of Japanese classical Utamaro prints side by side with the illustrations of the benefits of close combat, fencing or holding jousting, fashion illustrations and examples of industrial design.

For the public exhibition will run from February 17 to 26 September 2010.
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