Opened a new exhibition of paintings in the Pushkin Museum - "The Magic of Dutch Realism"

MOSCOW. In the Pushkin Museum to them. On November 12, Pushkin began the exhibition “The Magic of Dutch Realism”. The exposition of the exhibition, held as part of the Holland Year in Russia, is composed of works presented by ING Group, one of the largest financial associations in the world, from its corporate collection.

To date, the collection of works of art belonging to this association has amounted to about 15 thousand exhibits, the storage place of which is the company’s offices located in many countries of the world.

The canvases of artists are arranged in such a way that they can be used to trace the evolution of “magical realism” from its inception, which occurred in the 20s of the last century, to the present. This period was more than eighty years.

The canvases created at the beginning of the last century are images of a very real world, however, it is complemented by a small amount of imagination. In total, at the exhibition opened at the Pushkin Museum, visitors got the opportunity to get acquainted with about forty masterpieces made by Dutch masters, from the founders of the “magic realism” movement to their followers, our contemporaries.

The opening of the exhibition was honored by Mr. Ron Van Dartel, the Ambassador of the Netherlands to Russia, as well as representatives of ING. The host of the ceremony was I. A. Antonova, President of the Pushkin Museum. Pushkin. In her speech, the president expressed gratitude to the organizers of the exhibition, and also noted that another exhibition of Dutch artists is currently taking place in the Museum, where canvases from the collection of the Amsterdam Museum are presented. The new exhibition, available to visitors until the end of January, will become a dialogue of artists working in various genres.

Ludmila Trautmane © Gallerix.ru