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Nikolay Meshcherin. Getting out of the hustle and bustle
Exhibition February 13 − May 19, 2019
Museum of Russian impressionism in conjunction with the State Tretyakov Gallery will present the project“Nikolay Mescherin. Out of the hustle and bustle » - a retrospective exhibition of the artist, who was one of the faithful followers of the philosophy of French impressionism and a master who introduced impressionistic techniques to Russian painting at the turn of the XIX – XX centuries.
The exhibition includes more than 100 works from 17 public and private museums and large collections of Russian collectors. For retrospectives, the Museum of Russian Impressionism collected paintings from private collections throughout Russia: from Perm, Kazan, Vologda, Kursk, Vyatka, Astrakhan and others.
Nowadays Nikolai Vasilievich Meshcherin, a little-known to a wide circle of painting lovers, was once popular among famous collectors and is respected among professionals, including I.E. Grabar, I.I. Levitan.
Without receiving artistic education, the son of a merchant of the first guild, the young man became interested in painting and photography. The main theme of his paintings were the inconspicuous beauty of Central Russian nature, made with lyricism and inner warmth. So, according to Levitan, Meshcherin owes the appearance of such a spiritual landscape motif, like village sheds.
The exhibition includes more than 100 works from 17 public and private museums and large collections of Russian collectors. For retrospectives, the Museum of Russian Impressionism collected paintings from private collections throughout Russia: from Perm, Kazan, Vologda, Kursk, Vyatka, Astrakhan and others.
Nowadays Nikolai Vasilievich Meshcherin, a little-known to a wide circle of painting lovers, was once popular among famous collectors and is respected among professionals, including I.E. Grabar, I.I. Levitan.
Without receiving artistic education, the son of a merchant of the first guild, the young man became interested in painting and photography. The main theme of his paintings were the inconspicuous beauty of Central Russian nature, made with lyricism and inner warmth. So, according to Levitan, Meshcherin owes the appearance of such a spiritual landscape motif, like village sheds.
