The History of the World: "The Art Mobilization. The First World War of 1914-1918 Graphics" exhibition in Moscow

Dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the First World War "The Art Mobilization. The First World War of 1914-1918 Graphics" exhibition opens on April 17, 2014, at the State Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia (Moscow). The core of the exposition is the caricatures of Peter Alyakrinskiy and Alexander Lebedev, the drawings of George Vereysky and Sergei Vinogradov; “The Galician Front. 1916" series of etchings by Alexei Kravchenko, that he created after a long trip to the army; the watercolors of Nicholas Pomansky, and the works of Yevgeny Lancer.

The exhibition also presents the works of the future founders of Soviet comics and political posters Victor Deni (Denisov), and Dmitry Moor (Orlov), front-line sketches, drawings and cartoons from the collections of the museum, as well as works from the private collection of Sergei Podstanitsky.

The First World War of 1914-1918 is a special milestone in the history of Russia, as well as in art history. All levels of the society, including an artistic intelligentsia, were taken by the patriotic fervor of the first months of war. Many artists have volunteered in the army. Some of them worked at the front as the reporters of major periodicals. The First World War graphic arts of propaganda nature had been taken primarily as a means of mobilizing the country to resist the mutual enemy and to help the front.

The exhibition works till May 18, 2014.