Mark Margulis "Portrait from 2 to 80"

Mark Margulis is an artist, sculptor, teacher, member of the Moscow Artists Union, member of the Moscow Art Festival, laureate of the NIKOR Gallery Prize, winner of the Victor Popkov Competition (IHF). Organized over 250 exhibitions. His works are in 30 museums and galleries in Russia and abroad.

The exhibition "Portrait from 2 to 80" will feature works by children, their teachers and artists, as well as works by A. Plastov and N. Yaroshenko and from the funds of the Kaluga Museum of Fine Arts.

One of the favorite topics for young children is the family portrait and self-portrait.

How do a child and an adult present a portrait (a family portrait, a self-portrait and just a portrait), how is the development of creative abilities carried out, how are various complex problems solved in this genre?!

The child begins to draw a portrait, not realizing at all what it is? (at 1 year 6 months), and by the age of 2 and 3 he is already aware. At 2 years old, in an oval, he draws eyes and a mouth, then four sticks (2 arms and 2 legs) appear from the oval.

As the child develops, not without the help of a tactful adult, a torso, clothes appear in the figure of a man, princesses in girls, and drivers and pilots in boys.

The museum of children’s art "on wheels" created by Mark Margulis has collected more than 40 thousand unique works, including still lifes, portraits, landscapes, etc. The most interesting thing is that the funds include not only children’s art, but also adults (teachers, friends - artists), as well as works from other countries of the World. Therefore, the following projects were born: "Still life from 3 to b0", "Portrait from 2 to 80", Landscape…, Metro… etc.