A little history of impressionism

The Borey Gallery has been collaborating with the Little Art History project for six years. In May 2016, the gallery hosted the first, very successful exhibition of the project participants, after which "A Little History of Art" became a part of the gallery’s activities.

The author of the project is Maya Khlobystina, a professional artist. Graduated from the Leningrad Art School named after V.I. Serov (now - named after Roerich) and the St. Petersburg Theater Academy, specializing in production designer. Participated in exhibitions of contemporary artists, worked as a theater artist, was engaged in graphic design. In 2015, she developed a methodology and wrote the author’s program "A Little History of Art", which now includes subsections: History of World Fine Art, History of Russian Fine Art, History of Russian Avant-garde, History of the Golden Age, Spanish and Dutch Painting, History of Impressionism. Currently, the program is taught by the author at the Studio at the Borey Gallery and at the State Budgetary Educational Institution "Theatrical Family".

In the 2020-2021 season, classes at Maya Khlobystina’s studio were devoted to impressionism. The exhibition at the Borey Gallery will feature about 80 works by young authors based on the works of the great impressionist artists.

A few words about the project:

There is a history of world art culture, there are masterpieces - iconic works that have entered the history of art. Looking at them, creating his own work, the student learns the history of art, studies various visual techniques, learns the basics of artistic composition, remembers the object that served as the basis for his work and expands not only his intellect, but also his view of the world order as a whole, creating his own, A LITTLE ART STORY. The technique was developed for teaching children. In practice, it turned out that it is interesting for adults as well.