Around the world with his easel

June 10 at the State Museum-Reserve "czarina" presents "Around the world with his easel." As reported by "Tourism in Russia," the press service of the Museum Russian, the exhibition presents paintings, drawings and sculptures from the Russian Museum, and paintings from private collections. Total - about 200 works. In Russia, the genre of travel actively developed since the late eighteenth century, when it first aired the Academy of Fine Arts in creative tasks (pensioners travel) is not only a painter of history, but also the best students the kind of landscape. The purpose of the pensioner's trip was not only familiar with the masterpieces of art, but also in creating their own works. Fedor Matveev Semyon Shchedrin and were in Italy, the first presentation of the architectural beauty and landscape of this country. In imitation of the classic European genre of landscape, the magnificent paintings of these masters left Rome and its surroundings. Then in Italy, by Orest Kiprensky, Sylvester Shchedrin, brothers Charles and Alexander Bryullov, Alexander Ivanov and other artists of the first half of the nineteenth century continued the work of not only the landscape, but the historical and portrait painter genera studied sculpture and architecture. In Italy, Shchedrin, doing what could not in St. Petersburg, ie freely chosen motives, his favorite place: the common people on the coast of Naples, writes day and night scene with the fishermen. In St. Petersburg will be sent to those corresponding to the tastes of customers and the academic tradition. About the same parcel Brüllow Charles Alexander, who arrived in Italy in 1822 by the Society for the Promotion of artists. Karl Bryullov, history painter and portraitist, is immersed in the elements of Italian life and wrote a couple of photos of the era ("Girl, gathering berries, near Naples," "Italian food" ). In contrast to the rules of the Academy of Fine Arts, were written in the diagram on the approved shop drawings and sketches, brings Carl Bryullov whole process of nature. As for the fabric of the historical narrative ("The Last Days of Pompeii"), inspired by the artist works on the set of images of local life. His brother, the future architect Alexander Bryullov together with measurements of the ancient monuments of Pompeii, exploring the temples in Sicily and Rome is also a springboard for a "kind of adventure." Wrote parts of the Italian streets, funny sketches the rise of Russian travelers Vesuvius. These sketches of the brothers Bryullov enjoyed great popularity as a Russian, and foreign travelers. For artists a unique opportunity, the range of topics in which they operate, expand, gain valuable experience in the genre, which at that time could not get, have not yet been implemented in Russia. Peter Bassin, born in Italy, a lot of hard painted antique originals in museums of Naples and Rome, and made copies of works by artists of the Renaissance, wrote several paintings of mythological and historical subjects, it is traditional academic art of those years. However, "for me", made sketches of life, full of light and air ("Two Italians under a tree"). A surprising discovery for lovers of art in the early 1820, Russia began to paint watercolors and Maxim Vorobyov ("The Temple of the Resurrection in Jerusalem"), created the impression of Palestine. Announced in early nineteenth-century Russia in the country a few. Arrival in the Holy Land, was the artist in direct contact with the monuments and memorials that are not yet familiar to tourists. Two decades after Vorobiev visited Palestine and Chernetsov brothers Gregorio Nicanor. They were about six watercolors and paintings related to this trip, and an album of lithographs with a brief description. In the first half of the nineteenth century, Pavel Mikhailov while traveling around the world, with Thaddeus Bellingshausen has created a large number of drawings and watercolors ("Rio Vista and San Sebastian", "PN Mikhailov Krusenstern and at a luncheon in Otaitskogo king. ") Anton Legashov named artist of the Russian Mission in China, and served in that position for 10 years, has spent a total equity was China (" China Portrait of a young woman, "" Scenes of Chinese life "). His paintings were sent as gifts to princes and Chinese officials. In the nineteenth century, twentieth-century Russian artists travel and in India, the Himalayas, Tibet, Turkey, Spain. Impressions of these visits were in the works of Nicholas Roerich ("Tibet. Monastery"), Chuikov S. ("Morning in Jaipur"), N. Gagarina ("oriental scene. Turkish Guard of Honor"), Golovin ("green Spanish flu"). Live observation of the habits, nature and people in India have in your image and text links amateur artist and explorer Alexander Saltykov ("From the Life of India"). In the second half of the nineteenth century, twentieth century and, like many historical monuments, natural beauty, ethnographic peculiarities of the population and recorded several times, both foreign and Russian acquaintances. It has largely replaced the reporter chamber painter. There are many Russians, including artists, most like to visit in Italy. Increasingly in the paintings and graphic works appeared "stripping" the streets of small towns (A. Rizzoni "A farm in Sorrento"). The power and monumentality of the towers of San Gimignano, "captured" by Peter Konchalovsky ("San Gimignano"). In the artist-s 1920-1940 Russians rarely leave the USSR. Experienced after the death of Joseph Stalin, as the iron curtain call began traveling abroad. Italy was again one of the most visited by tourists. Soviet artists admire the art of this country, in turn, each in their own way to capture. Generalized Gerasimov create images of cities ("Morning in Venice", "Paris by Night"). Yuri Pimenov noticed especially that define the special atmosphere of city life ("in Venice. A flower-girl"). Konstantin Korovin, admire Paris, followed by the impressionist style ("Paris July 14"). Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin Impressionist Paris writes in "Cafe" and several portraits of his then French girlfriend ("Portrait of the artist's wife"). The exhibition complements the sample of private collections, this is - painting works of modern artists: E. Barski, V. Tatarenko, A. Zaslavsky, I. Baskakov, P. Tatarnikov etc