"Traditions of art. Traditions of the family. Traditions of the country"

October 2 at 4 pm in the Kaluga Museum of Fine Arts (103 Lenina st.) As part of the exhibition of the famous Russian artistic dynasty of the Stekolschikov-Finogenov-Orlova “Traditions of Art. Family traditions. Traditions of the Country ”a meeting will take place with representatives of this famous dynasty - Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Arts Anton Vyacheslavovich Stekolshchikov and his daughter, artist Ksenia Antonovna Stekolshchikova. A. V. Stekolshchikov donates his painting “At the end of the day” to the museum, which can be seen in the exhibition until the end of its work.

All four generations of artists of this dynasty are the successors of the Russian realistic school of painting. The exhibition presents the works of the Honored Artist of the RSFSR Konstantin Ivanovich Finogenov (1902 - 1989), his wife Vera Alexandrovna Orlova (1904 - 1993), their daughter, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Arts Mlada Konstantinovna Finogenova, her wife, People’s Artist of the Russian Federation, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Arts Vyacheslav Konstantinovich Stekolshchikov, their grandson, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Arts Anton Vyacheslavovich Stekolshchikov and their great-granddaughter Ksenia Antonovna Stekolshchikova. Not so often in the history of art there are creative dynasties, where each of its representatives, while maintaining devotion to the traditions of the Russian realistic school,leaves its own unique mark. The Glazier-Finogenov-Orlova dynasty is one of them. All the artists of this family reflected the history of our country in their works for almost a century.

The exhibition is an integral part of the International Project "Palette of Reality - Russian World". This project is carried out by the Association of Artists and Cultural Workers "Creative Association" New Peredvizhniki "in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the Russian Academy of Arts and the Union of Artists of Russia. The main goal of this project, which was launched in 2014, is to preserve the best traditions of the Russian realistic school of fine arts and to familiarize Russian and foreign audiences with the works of leading contemporary masters of painting, graphics and sculpture.

The exhibition will run until October 11, 2020 in the premises of the Information-Educational and Exhibition Center of the KMII (Lenin St., 103).

The museum is open from 10.00 to 18.00, on Saturday from 11.00 to 19.00. Closed on Monday. Contact phone - 8 (4842) 56-28-30.