Photo credit: Vasily Polenov. Moscow Courtyard (1878)
The exhibition of works by Vasily Polenov has started at the New Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val. It was prepared for the 175th anniversary of Polenov, TASS reports. According to the deputy head of the Russian government Olga Golodets, the Vasily Polenov exposition will help viewers get acquainted with the new dimensions of the artist's work.
The exhibition features more than 150 works by the artist. The exhibits are provided by Russian museums from different regions, as well as private collectors. Spectators expect a huge genre variety: portraits, landscapes, sketches of theatrical scenery, architectural projects. They will be supplemented by works of the gospel series and historical canvases.
The works familiar literally to everyone are also among the exhibits. Moscow Courtyard, Overgrown Pond and a portrait of Ilya Repin, and many other works will be presented to the public. For the first time in more than a hundred years, the Christ and the Sinner canvas will be presented in Moscow. This monumental work was brought from St. Petersburg, where it is included in the collection of the Russian Museum.
Vice Prime Minister, who heads the Board of Trustees of the Tretyakov Gallery, has no doubt that the exhibition will be successful. Polenov’s works, collected in one place, create a new understanding of the artist’s work. Olga Golodets noted that the exhibition continued and developed the theme of the Russian tradition, it was particularly special after the Repin exhibition.
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