Society and culture: The exhibition “Karl Bryullov from private collections of Moscow and Petersburg” at the State Russian Museum

11 August 2013

The exhibition “Karl Bryullov from private collections of Moscow and Saint-Petersburg” will be open on August 28, 2013 at the State Russian Museum.

The provided at the exhibition works of thirteen absolutely reliable works of Karl Bryullov are in Russia and are owned by private collectors. We are not talking about the drawings and watercolors, and works on an oil painting.

Despite the fact that none of the newly discovered masterpieces by brush of Karl Pavlovich Bryullov cannot change the basic design principles and evaluation rooted in relation to “the great Karl”, the significance of the introduction of these works in the scientific revolution and the audience can hardly be overestimated. Each of the presented works will certainly reveal unexpected nuance, some inexhaustible details, halftones, important for the study and evaluation of creativity, personality, historical and cultural role of one of the most significant local painters.