LECTURE "NIKOLAI MESCHERIN: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LANDSCAPE?" Elena Yakimovich about the picturesque and photographic landscapes of Dugino Automatic translate

APRIL 28, 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Sunrises, gentle twilight… and suddenly in the 1900s there were bright colors, separate strokes, strong contrasts. But nothing similar happens in the photograph of this time. Pictures of Nikolai Meshcherin show the landscape in the spirit of the mid-19th century, despite the fact that already at the end of the century, pictorialists were working on conveying the shades and complex effects of light and atmosphere in photography.

Nikolai Mescherin lived in interesting times: without even traveling to Europe, he reflected everything that happens in landscape art, but in his own way. The melancholy intonation and interest in the transitional states of nature distinguishes it from many contemporaries. We will talk about the interaction of Meshcherin with world trends in the landscape at a lecture. We will discuss both picturesque and photographic landscapes with all their features.

More than a hundred years have passed, the master’s paintings and photographs reflecting life in the Dugino estate, where Meshcherin lived and where Russian artists came, became valuable evidence of the past. We will talk about how and what Dugino transformed from Meshcherin’s paintings. The lecture will be interesting to everyone who loves nature and painting.

About the lecturer: Elena Yakimovich - art historian, historian of photography. She graduated from Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov. Candidate of Art History, specialization - painting and photography of France of the second half of the XIX century. Member of the Association of Art Critics, lecturer at the Institute of Continuing Education of the Russian State Humanitarian University (professional retraining program "General History of Arts") He is the author of lectures at the Russian State Humanitarian University, Moscow State University, the Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography, MAMM (“History of Photography of the 19th – 20th Centuries”, “Western European Painting of the Second Half of the 19th – Early 20th Centuries”). Author of articles “Degas and Photography” (2002), “Naked Body and Language of Photography from the 19th to 20th Century” (2010), “Edward Hopper: Painting in the Age of Cinema and Photography” (2017), “The New Anthropology of William Eggleston” )2018) and others.

Duration of the lecture: 1 hour.

Please note that the ticket price includes an inspection of the permanent exhibition of the Museum of Russian Impressionism and the temporary exhibition Nikolay Mescherin. The way out of the bustle. " Concessional tickets for lectures can be purchased only at the box office of the Museum of Russian Impressionism upon presentation of a document certifying the benefits. A discount is available on “Friend of the Museum” and “Friends of the Museum” cards when buying a ticket at the box office.