Society and culture: The exhibition “Artist and time. Figure of the XVIII century” in Moscow

As part of the program "The State Tretyakov Gallery opens its stores" on April 24, 2015 in Moscow, is opened the exhibition "The Artist and Time. Figure of the XVIII century".

XVIII century - the time of formation of Russian Drawing School, the establishment of which was held in close cooperation with the Western European art.

The exhibition gives an idea of ​​the important role of drawing in the art of that time and allows you to see all the diversity and beauty of techniques of that time: pastel, watercolor, feather drawing, pencil drawing, charcoal, sanguine.

One of the intriguing exhibitions - works by unknown artists, in their diversity and high artistic quality significantly complemented and enriched the history of the figure of the XVIII century.