Portraits of the Pushkin era in the works of the famous painter I. Makarov Automatic translate

In the museum of A.S. Pushkin began his work exhibition, combining works of portraiture made by the famous 19th-century painter Ivan Makarov. All portraits presented at the exhibition were painted by the artist at different periods of his work and were collected in one place for the first time. They brought them to Moscow from 14 museums of the country.

“Long-standing acquaintances” - this is the name of the exposition prepared by the museum for its anniversary. The Pushkin Museum this year marks 55 years. At the same time, the project is timed to coincide with two anniversary dates - two hundred years from the date of birth of Natalia Goncharova, and Ivan Kuzmich Makarov - the 190th anniversary. These two famous names united at the exhibition not by chance.

At that time, at the very beginning of his career, the artist met Natalia Goncharova after the death of Pushkin. It was the year 1849, Natalya Nikolaevna already bore the name of her new husband, General Lansky. Working on the portraits of her daughters, Makarov was struck by the amazing beauty and charm of the mistress of the house. It is not surprising that the artist suggested painting her portrait.

Today, the permanent place of this famous portrait in the Memorial apartment of A.S. Pushkin. At the time of the exhibition "Long-standing acquaintances", the famous portrait of Natalia Nikolaevna became the property of her exposition. Participation in the exhibition of the most famous Russian museums gave the organizers the opportunity to include portraits of Natalya and Maria Pushkin stored in the St. Petersburg Museum of A.S. Pushkin, and from the museum of L.N. Tolstoy received a portrait of Maria Pushkina, painted in 1860, when she was already married.

In total, at the exhibition you can see 45 portraits of the brush of I.K. Makarov, which depict the most famous people among Russian aristocrats of the 19th century. You can visit the exhibition until November 26th.

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