"RUSSIAN STYLE. From the tradition of craft to the art of national-romantic Art Nouveau"

In 2017, the All-Russian Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art will open a new exhibition “Russian Style. From Folk Craft to the Art of National Romantic Art Nouveau ”, which will be located in the new halls of the Main House of the Ostermanov estate. On May 17, a draft of the new exposition will be presented and the opening of its opening hall will take place. The new exposition will present unique interior items of the “Russian style” from the priceless museum collection. For example, wood carvings made by masters of the Abramtsevo-Kudrinsk crafts will be presented.

Unlike the numerous exhibition projects of the past years on the theme of “Russian style”, the exposition will feature a wider panorama of art trends, trends and schools, which took shape in the late XIX - early XX centuries in Europe and in the whole world and is associated with the largest global Artistic style - Modern. There are several directions in the Art Nouveau style: of these, the most famous is the floral style or Art Nouveau, which developed in Belgium and France, as well as the style of the Scottish school of C. R. Mackintosh in Glasgow, Germany’s Art Nouveau and the magnificent Catalan Art Nouveau, led by the brilliant Antonio Gaudi, etc.. d.

It is in the Art Nouveau style that national-romantic trends are born, associated with the search for their originality, originality and the characteristic features of their culture and art, which are rethought among the outstanding artists and artists of their countries at the highest professional and aesthetic level. These were common processes for European culture at the end of the 19th century. The artists drew their inspiration from the historical national traditions, folk art and life of their people.

This trend is directly emerging even earlier in Victorian England in the second half of the century, in connection with the activities of the group of artists of the Pre-Raphaelites and the Arts and Crafts Movement. The inspirers of this fruitful trend, which is picked up in Europe and the USA, are John Ruskin and William Morris, who are the first to turn to their cultural historical heritage, proclaiming craft and art, tradition and folk aesthetics.

The objective of the exposition is not only the presentation of priceless collections of the All-Russian Museum of Decorative and Applied Art, but also the introduction of the concept of “Russian style” in a global context, combining its principles and forms with the global art process.