When Daddy was little

Vyatka Art Museum named after V. M. and A. M. Vasnetsov. V. M. and A. M. Vasnetsov Museum invites you to visit the exhibition "When Daddy was little."the World of Childhood, which is part of the large-scale World of Childhood project.

Continuing the traditions of Russian artists of the 20th century such as V. Serov, Z. Serebryakova, K. Petrov-Vodkin, P. Konchalovsky, A. Deineka, A. Plastov, F. Reshetnikov, V. Popkov, D. Zhilinsky and others, contemporary Moscow artists create their own interpretations of the theme of childhood. The exhibition includes more than a hundred works of different genres and creative trends of Moscow masters, including K. Vlasova, S. Gavrilyachenko, V. Glukhov, N. Gorsky-Chernyshev, V. Kalinin, V. Kukol, A. Lyubavin, V. Polotnov, V. Rusanov, A. Sukhovetsky, O. Tikhonova, etc. There will also be works from the heritage of famous artists: E. Bragovsky, N. Plastov, V. Svetlitsky, G. Serov, A. Surovtsev and others.

The works represent the authors' memories of their own childhood as a special world filled with fantasies, fairy tales, and toys. Many paintings recreate that reality, that world of childhood, which had a great influence on the personal formation of artists participating in the exhibition project: games, fairy tales, movies, book illustrations. A large number of paintings at the exhibition are portraits of children associated with personal memories of the artists.

Prepared according to the materials of the website The Vyatka Museum of Art named after V. M. and A. M. Vasnetsov. V. M. and A. M. Vasnetsov.