Photo credit: Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov. The Moscow courtyard. (1878) / ru.wikipedia.org (Public domain)
An exhibition of works by renowned Russian painter Vasily Polenov kicked off in Sremski-Karlovtsi (Serbia), in the residence of the Serbian patriarch, TASS reports.
The exhibition is entitled "Vasily Polenov: the Serbian War through the Eyes of a Russian Artist." The artist was one of the 4,000 Russian volunteers who fought with the Turks on the side of the Serbs. The sketches Polenov made during the war are now being exhibited in Serbia. These works are included in the collection of the Tretyakov Gallery and the Polenov Museum-Reserve. The notes from the artist's diary made during the war are also presented to the visitors of the exhibition.
Sremski Karlovtsi is the historical, cultural and spiritual center of Serbia. In the period between the two world wars, the city acquired the unofficial status of the capital of the Russian emigration in royal Yugoslavia. It was there that the headquarters of the head of the White movement, Pyotr Wrangel, were located.
The exhibition was previously held in Belgrade. It was timed to coincide with the 145th anniversary of the start of the Serbian-Turkish War of 1876-1877 and the arrival of Russian volunteers in Serbia.
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