An exhibition from the series "Masterpieces of Museum Collections" from the collection of the Voronezh Regional Art Museum named after I.N. Kramskoy

For the first time from April 16 to June 19, 2016, the exhibition “Graphics of Russian and Western European artists of the 18th – early 20th centuries” will be held at the museum and exhibition complex of the Sergey Andriyaka Watercolor School from the collection of the Voronezh Regional Art Museum. I.N. Kramskoy. "

Voronezh Regional Art Museum. I.N. Kramskoy was opened in 1933 as a Museum of Fine Arts. In 1984, the museum was named after a native of the Voronezh province, the artist Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoy.

The exhibition will feature 110 museum pieces of graphic art by Russian and Western European artists of the 18th - early 20th centuries. Among them are watercolors and drawings by famous artists: Valentin Serov, Alexei Bogolyubov, Alexander Benois, Vladimir Gau, Vladimir and Konstantin Makovsky, Alexander Klinder, Vladimir Ammon, Konstantin Trutovsky, Ivan Kramsky, Konstantin Kavtaradze, Nikolai Dmitriev-Orenburg. Etchings by Ivan and Alexey Zubov, Peter Picart, Adrian Shkhonebek and others complete the exhibition. Spectators will see the works of wonderful Voronezh artists Alexander Buchkuri, Sergey Pavlov and Fedor Churikov.

Serov V.A. Portrait of a girl. 1908 boom. aqu. 60x34. From the collection of the Voronezh Regional Art Museum. I.N. Kramskoy

Benoit A.N. On the river bank. boom. aqu. 16x20.5. From the collection of the Voronezh Regional Art Museum. I.N. Kramskoy

Bogolyubov A.P. From Ancona to Trieste. boom. on cardboard. aqu. 15x24.5. From the collection of the Voronezh Regional Art Museum. I.N. Kramskoy

Of particular interest are the drawings of the great Russian artist Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoy (1837 - 1887). All of them in 1918 were transferred to the museum by the son of the artist Anatoly Ivanovich Kramskoy. The earliest works of I. N. Kramskoy include a small sketch of the artist for a competitive picture for the second gold medal, Oleg’s Campaign to Constantinople (1861). The sketch is valuable in that it bears the red wax personal seal of the rector of the Imperial Academy of Arts, Fedor Ivanovich Bruni. The artist’s graphic sheets are diverse in technique and materials. This is a watercolor “Portrait of A. A. Bobrinskaya” (1872), ink and whiteness is executed by “Portrait of a cadet” (1860s). In the artist’s favorite technique of “wet sauce”, “Portrait of a Military Man” (1860s), “Portrait of S. N. Kramskoy, the Artist’s Wife” (1867) were made.

Kramskoy I.N. Portrait of a military _1860s. boom. wet sauce. white. 62.2x47.5. From the collection of the Voronezh Regional Art Museum. I.N. Kramskoy

Visitors will be able to enjoy miniature portraits of representatives of the capital aristocracy and officers of the Life Guards of the Hussar Regiment: Prince A. S. Vyazemsky, Prince R. A. Dolgoruky, Count I. K. Lambert, A. G. Lomonosov, P. I. Panshin, N F. Plautin, A. G. Stolypin, Count A. P. Shuvalov, Prince Yagivil performed by academician of watercolor painting Alexander Ivanovich Klinder.

Most of the works exhibited at the exhibition for the first time. At this, without exaggeration, a unique exhibition from the collection of the Voronezh Art Museum. I.N. Kramskoy audience will get acquainted with amazing exhibits and appreciate the diversity of the heritage of graphic art of the XVIII - early XX centuries.

Gau V.I. Portrait of a child in a white dress. 1858. boom. aqu. 26x22.5. From the collection of the Voronezh Regional Art Museum. I.N. Kramskoy

Makovsky K.E. Female head. boom. on cardboard. sanguine. 22.5x29. From the collection of the Voronezh Regional Art Museum. I.N. Kramskoy