Memorable dates of Russia: The exhibition of works by Pavel Fedotov is opened at the State Tretyakov Gallery to the 200th anniversary of the artist

February 24, 2015 in the Engineer Building of the State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow) is opened the exhibition “Pavel Fedotov. Theater of Life. To the 200^th birth anniversary”.

The exposition will introduce visitors with the work of the famous artist of the first half of the XIX century – Pavel Andreevich Fedotov, the author of such works as “Courting of a major”, “Fresh Cavalier” and “Breakfast of the Aristocrat”. The organizers of the exhibition try to show the creative way through the prism of his personal experiences.

The opening ceremony will be attended by the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky.

The State Tretyakov Gallery stores the most important, key works of Fedotov. In his time P. M. Tretyakov was managed to acquire a unique series of sepia with deployed plot scenes, one of the examples of the picture “Widow” and a number of paintings. 

Later in the collection of the gallery were included works from the collections of K. T. Soldatenkov, F. I. Pryanishnikov and others. If the artist's paintings adorn the museum's permanent exhibition, the graphic works are exhibited very rarely.

For visitors the exhibition runs from February 25 until June 14, 2015.