Exhibitions: Works of Nicholas II’s court painter are first presented in Russia within the II Russian-Swiss Forum “Innovation Day” in Samara

Works by Ivan Schultze (1874-1939), court painter of Nicholas II and bright representative of Russian landscape school of the early XX century, are presented for the first time in modern Russia on the "Magic Light" exhibition, which opened on the eve of the Samara Art Museum. The opening of this exhibition precedes the Second Russian-Swiss Forum "Innovation Day", which starts in the Samara region on 2 June.

The exposition in Samara included 50 paintings by the artist.

Ivan Schultze was born in St. Petersburg in the family of Swiss origin in the late XIX century, he studied painting with Konstantin Kryzhitsky - famous Russian landscape painter. Schultze's first works were exhibited at the Academy of Fine Arts in 1903. Painter, called "virtuoso of the world", to be known and recognized for its ability to convey the play of light with an almost photographic clarity in a wide range of landscapes. Elected by court painter of Emperor Nicholas II, after the revolution, Schultze emigrated to France. Works of the master of lyrical landscape are in private collections and public museums in the UK, USA, France and Switzerland.