Exhibitions: Tretyakov Gallery to mount Arkhip Kuindzhi exhibition

On October 4, 2018 the Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow) is presenting the exhibition, that spotlights the art of one of the most memorable figures in Russian painting of 2nd half of 19th century – Arkhip Kuindzhi (1842–1910).

Kuindzhi created a special type of romantic landscape based on a realistic perception of the world transformed by the artist’s personal touch.

Kuindzhi’s innovativeness manifested itself in untiring searches and experiments with light, color, paint pigments: the artist deliberately used the latest discoveries in physics and chemistry in his art.

The project will showcase more than 120 Kuindzhi works from the collections of the Tretyakov Gallery, the State Russian Museum and several regional museums that keep the painter’s works of exceptional quality. Special emphasis will be made on the artist’s studies. It was largely when he worked on them, that his artistic quests and experiments occurred.