"Native Penates" - an anniversary exhibition of paintings by artist Sergei Repin

PSKOV. In the village of Mikhailovskoye, in the Pushkin Museum-Reserve, a personal exhibition of the artist Sergei Repin, dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the painter, opened. The exposition of the exhibition is composed of paintings and graphic works written over thirty-five years. Their theme is invariably associated with the Pushkin Nature Reserve - village landscapes and museum interiors, images of preserved estates and portraits.

Many of these works are well known not only to museum staff, but also to regular visitors who come to the village of Mikhailovskoye to join the spirit of poetry living in Pushkin places. Since the museum’s collection contains a fairly large number of works by Sergey Repin, they are often used to create various kinds of exhibition projects.

Solo exhibitions of Sergei Repin took place in Mikhailovsky more than once, always enjoying success. When conducting excursions, it is emphasized that the artist’s life is inextricably linked with the Pushkin Reserve since his youth, when in his student years, studying at the Art Institute. Repin, came here to practice.

Later, already working as a teacher at the same institute, he accompanied students in the role of head of practice. So the name of the exhibition - “Native Penates”, is fully consistent with the relationship of the artist and Pushkin places. It is worth noting that Sergey Repin has the title of Honored Artist of Russia, is a laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation, a full member of the Russian Academy of Arts. The artist’s place of work is the Institute named after Repin, a workshop of monumental painting. With his participation, a significant number of monumental works of art were created in St. Petersburg.

A visit to the exhibition will be possible until early November.

Ludmila Trautmane © Gallerix.ru