Alexander Nevskiy in the visual art. To the 800th anniversary of birthday of the prince. Yaroslavl

ART TOUR ACROSS RUSSIA: PECHORY-YAROSLAVL-VELIKY NOVGOROD
Guests of the exhibition will be able to see dozens of canvases by prominent artists of the 18th - 20th centuries, devoted to the history of the Fatherland. "Masterpieces, many of which have not previously left the borders of their regions or have been hidden in the vaults at all, continue their art tour around the country", commented Ivan Yesin, member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, Managing Director of the Fund for Humanitarian Projects. The exhibition was prepared by the Patriarchal Council for Culture supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. It was organized by the Humanitarian Projects Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities Perspective, ROSIZO State Museum and Exhibition Center, and ART-Courier Ltd. All in all, in the art tour of the jubilee year it is planned to hold the exhibition in three cities: Pechory, Yaroslavl and Veliky Novgorod. yarartmuseum.…iskusstve/

ABSTRACT TO THE EXHIBITION "ALEXANDER NEVSKY IN THE FINE ARTS. TO THE 800TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PRINCE'S BIRTH"
"From the moment of the canonization in 1847 and up to the beginning of XX century Alexander Nevskiy was more often represented on icons and historical cloths as the sacred warrior. Only on the first images of XVI-XVII centuries he is represented in monastic schema, further such icons were extremely rare. The artists were inspired by the prince's heroic image. The combination of masculinity and sanctity, a fine chivalrous countenance and prayerful piety we see on the icons from the Rybinsk Museum-Reserve, the Yaroslavl Art Museum, the Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum. The last work of the famous academician of painting V.K. Shebuev is also interesting because in the sublime image one can see some softened features of Emperor Nicholas I. Nowadays the search for national identity guides the masters of fine arts to the study of the heroic pages of Russian history, and also the life and exploits of the Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky. The icons created by Irina Vinichenko and Marina Gracheva continue the best traditions of ancient Russian art. Historical genre in the spirit of Russian academism is successfully mastered by Fedor Fedorov. On his canvas "Take care of this land" painter Dmitry Zarva shows the pure soul of the prince as a child, who for the first time reveals the beauty of his native land. At the same time, in Sergei Marchenko's painting "Truth Behind Us!" we see the hero dragging the warriors behind him to meet the danger. Some of the listed works - works of M. Gracheva, D. Zarva and S. Marchenko - were created specially for the anniversary of Alexander Nevsky and are shown for the first time. Especially noteworthy are landscapes by an outstanding painter Peter Ossovsky. A native of Pskov region, he has forever imprinted in his heart the harsh beauty of the region. This is the very beauty that inspired the exploits of the Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky and continues to inspire us to this day".
Ivan Privalov is the Scientific Coordinator of the Russian Museums Treasures Project.
Olga Zubricheva - Deputy Director of the project "Russia - My History", curator of the exhibition. smotrim.ru/article/2590877

ARTISTS PARTICIPANTS OF THE EXHIBITION : Viktor Vasnetsov, Vasily Shebuev, Mikhail Nesterov, Vladimir Serov, Alexey Markov, Yury Pantyukhin, Alexander Bystrov, Fedor Fedorov, Petr Ossovsky, Alexey Shmarinov, Sergey Kharlamov, Sergey Marchenko, Dmitry Zarva, Irina Vinichenko, Marina Gracheva, S. Kofman, V. Ivanov, A. Saplin, E. Pozdnev, P. Mosyagin, A. Buldygin, O. Burova

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE EXHIBITION "ALEXANDER NEVSKY IN THE FINE ARTS. TO THE 800 YEAR BIRTHDAY OF THE BANNER OF THE BLESSING KNY": "Transportation and packing of the Works is carried out by the "Joint Russian-German Enterprise "Hazenkamp-State Russian Museum-SP" by specialized vehicles - a Mercedes Benz vehicle of 3-6 tons carrying capacity with an all-metal isothermal van equipped with a lift platform (hydro-boards), with mandatory pneumatic suspension, climate control to maintain a stable temperature and humidity regime (temperature +18-22 degrees Celsius, humidity -35-50%), with a system of special cargo fastening inside the van, packing crates and accompanied by armed guards of the ROSGVARDIA in the mode of "especially valuable cargo" in accordance with international museum standards, the legislation of the Russian Federation, in particular the Uniform Rules of the organization of acquisition, accounting, storage and use of museum objects and museum collections, approved by Order of the Ministry of Culture of Russia from 23. 07. 2020 No. 827, as well as recommendations of the guiding party". (From the contract between the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Culture "State Museum and Exhibition Center "ROSIZO" and the artist Fyodor Borisovich Fedorov, Moscow, 29 April 2021)