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Bonjour Russia. French and Russian Masterpieces
1870-1925 from Moscow and St. Petersburg The Museum Kunst Palast, Duesseldorf, with the support of E.ON AG, presents a unique show featuring outstanding works of Russian and French modern art. For this exhibition, curated by Sir Norman Rosenthal, Exhibitions Secretary, Royal Academy of Arts, more than 120 masterpieces from the collections of four principal Russian museums - the State Hermitage and the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, as well as the State Pushkin Museum and the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow - will be shown together for the first time in Germany. The exhibition, whose only venue in Germany is Duesseldorf, will be devoted to the years from 1860 to 1925 in Russia and France, not only uncovering parallels and reciprocal influences, but also the different developments in both countries. The spectrum of the Russian works on display will range from the realism of Ilya Repin and Serov to Cèzannism, Fauvism, Neo-primitivism, Cubo-Futurism and the groundbreaking experiments in abstraction culminating in the Suprematism of Malevich and others. "The exhibition will focus on the changes that took place in Russia under the influence of their Parisian masters. Here it should not be forgotten how quickly Ihe pupils overtook their masters, opening up new horizons in art not only for Russia, but also for the whole of Europe, and exploring realms hitherto unimaginable in art. (Sir Norman Rosenthal) Key works by the most important pioneers of modern French and Russian painting will be on display, for example the Portrait of Jeanne Samary by Renoir, Mont Sainte-Victoire by Cezanne, the Portrait of Dr. Reyby Van Gogh, Her Name is Vairaumati by Gauguin, The Dance and The Red Room by Matisse, Guitar and Violin or Bathers by Picasso, The Red Jew by Chagall, 17 October 1905 by Ilya Repin, Composition No. 7 by Kandinsky, The nude by Tatlin, and the triptych of Black Cross, Black CircleandBlack Square by Malevich. Thanks to the largesse of the Russian museums, works can now be brought together - first in Duesseldorf and then at the Royal Academy in London - which express the magnificent history of modern art as well as the richness of Russian public art collections in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The exhibition is under the patronage of German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel and the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. After closing the exhibition will be transferred to the Royal cademy of Arts, London. (Attention: In London the show will be presented with an other title) |
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