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The Arendt dynasty. Lines of fate

Exhibition May 15 − October 3, 2021
Perm State Art Gallery holds an exhibition The Arendt Dynasty. Lines of Fate ".

The exposition presents works by six artists of three generations belonging to the famous Moscow art dynasty of Arendts. Easel sculpture, ceramics, textile collages, objects, ceramics, graphics, painting - more than 120 works covering a period of almost 100 years - from 1920s to 2021.

The artistic branch of the Arendt family begins with Ariadna Alexandrovna Arendt (1906-1997). At different periods of her life, she was connected by family ties with Meer Bentsianovich Aizenshtadt (1895-1961) and Anatoly Ivanovich Grigoriev (1903-1986) - and these are not only the lines of fate, but also the general school of VKHUTEMAS, where in the 1920s they simultaneously studied ... The exposition is based on the works of Anatoly Ivanovich Grigoriev, whose personality had a huge impact on the life of the Arendt family as a whole and on each artist individually, became a kind of bonding material. "The spirit of Grigoriev" still hovers in his studio, where the author's works are anxiously preserved by Natalia and Maria, for whom Grigoriev became the first teacher.

Based on the official website Perm State Art Gallery.