The Society for Traveling Art Exhibitions was intended to unite all the artists in Russia to strive for the prosperity of Russian democratic art and the widespread of Russian national art. The Society for Traveling Art Exhibitions attached importance to the establishment of theoretical system and nationality and ideological content of the artworks during its development, guided by the concept that “The most beautiful thing is life”, the aesthetics of Chernyshevsky. All of these were fully demonstrated in the artworks of its representatives including Kramskoy, Repin, Surikov, Shishkin, Yaroshenko, etc. The landscape paintings were also remarkable in Tour Exhibition School, including the outstanding painters Savrasov, Shishkin, Aivazovski, KyHHII, Levitan. They developed a school of their own among the various landscape schools of Europe, becoming a powerful force that could rival the French Barbiefi School and the realistic landscape schools of other countries in Europe. In the end of 19th century and the beginning of 20th century, the literature and art circles of Russia re-created the prosperity, during which came with the literary figures including Chekhov, Gorky, Tchaikovsky, Shalyapin, Maria Yermolova, Stanislavsky and painters like Serov, Vrube, etc.
The Soviet Union art after October Revolution experienced many tortuous and changes, with a long-term co-existence of the pro-tradition and contra-tradition, realism and modernism as well as westernization and nationalization. After 1930s, there came the domination of socialist realism, leading unitary into the creation while there were some masters with creative artworks like Ioganson, Deineka etc. After 1950s, the literature and art circles in Soviet Union enjoyed increasingly active exchanges with emerging new waves and vital creation. Many famous artists like Plastov, Yablonskaya, Milnikov, Moiseyenko, Korzev, Gritsai, Tkachov Brothers, Salakhov came to the forefront and took the lead during that period. Russian art had experienced great changes after 1990s, yet the root of realism still existed. The Russian art is optimistic with its future.
And from the tour exhibition, Land of Fertility: Mountain Art Russian Collection, audiences will get a grasp of this part of history and enjoy the works from the great masters.
The exhibition will be held in Museum Of Contemporary Art Chengdu from October 26, 2011 |
