From Moscow to St. Petersberg: A New Collection of Russian Impressionism and Realism
Reception: Thursday, November 19, 5-8 pm
Exhibition continues through January 30, 2010
The Phyllis Weston – Annie Bolling Gallery proudly presents our sixth annual exhibition of unseen Russian paintings. Major auction houses, such as Sotheby’s and Christies hold highly successful auctions in New York and London of Russian Impressionism and Soviet Realism. The Musée d’Orsay in Paris, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, and the Russian Museum in Minneapolis, have increased the attention these paintings have received in the international art market. The Phyllis Weston – Annie Bolling Gallery offers paintings that date from 1941 and later. The Ministry of Culture considers work over fifty years old national treasure and prohibits those paintings from leaving Russia. The exhibition focuses on the influence of impressionist painting and its successful transplantation in Russia.
All artists featured in this exhibition are members of the prestigious Union of Russian Artists. Each is documented in many Russian and Western academic publications and come from the many nations that comprised the Soviet Union. Their intense Russian academic training and commitment to Russian culture and history unite all artists in this exhibition.
Although the impressionistic style was routinely censored by the Communist Party as a foreign-inspired and socially decadent art form for over six decades, Russian artists never abandoned their affection for and use of impressionist brush techniques and color pallet. Impressionism survived behind closed doors and re-emerged as a dynamic and beloved art form that is unique Russian.
The Phyllis Weston Annie Bolling Gallery sources the paintings directly from Russia and the Ministry of Culture approves all. With immense effort we have curated this exhibition of remarkable Russian paintings that speak to the historical significance of the impressionist and realist movements. Special showing of propaganda paintings of the Soviet period.
