Exhibitions: The exposition “War and Peace in the works of George and Orest Vereysky” in Moscow

The State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts (Moscow) on September 18, 2015 opened an exhibition on the works of local artists - George and Orest Vereysky. The exposition "War and Peace in the works of George and Orest Vereysky" includes more than 60 graphic works by two masters - easel graphics, drawings, lithographs. In 1996, were donated to the Department of personal collections and works of George Semenovich and Orest Goergievich were transferred to the artists’ heirs.   

George Semenovich Vereysky (1886-1962) - engraver, lithographer, painter, member of the association "World of Art", preferred the career of a lawyer rather than artistic career.

Orest Georgievich Vereysky (1915-1993) - a painter and illustrator. In 1936-1938 as an auditor he attended the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture of the Russian Academy of Arts. Orest Vereysky worked in Detizdat, during the Great Patriotic War was an artist of the front of the newspaper of the Western Front "Red Army Pravda". In the edition office of this newspaper Orest Vereysky met with the poet and writer Aleksandr Trifonovich Tvardovsky. This meeting marked the beginning of the joint creative work. The first edition of "Vasily Terkin" was released with illustrations by Vereysky.

Each of the artists developed his own unique style of work. Works by George Vereysky performed in a low-key gourmet manner. Graphics by Orest Vereysky on the contrary differed with swiftness and ease of drawing, making it an excellent book and magazine illustrator. Thematically, the exhibition is divided into two parts: the works of George and Orest Vereysky created in peacetime, and the work of Orestes Vereysky, executed during the Great Patriotic War.  

The exhibition "War and Peace in the works of George and Orest Vereysky" will introduce visitors to the rich creative heritage of the artist, in which the Great Patriotic War was one of the main reasons.