The Moscow Museum has opened an exhibition that invites visitors to view the Crimea through the perspectives of Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin and Marina Lomakina. The event is reported by TASS.
Tatiana Nechaeva, the exhibition curator, notes that Petrov-Vodkin helped shape art education in Russia in the wake of the revolution and was among the most gifted students of the Crimean native Lomakina. “For many visitors, this show could reveal a new facet of Petrov-Vodkin, especially since several works come from distant regions across our vast country. The Red Horse is housed in the Tretyakov Gallery, yet this exhibition presents pieces that may surprise you”, Nechaeva explained.
The exhibition unfolds in two parts. The first section showcases portraits, landscapes, and sketches created across different years, while the second focuses on paintings centered on the Crimea. A notable work, Petrov-Vodkin’s 1927 painting Earthquake in Crimea, was loaned from the Russian Museum. The artist, who visited the Crimea with Maximilian Voloshin during a difficult time, witnessed the catastrophe firsthand.
The exhibition is scheduled to continue through June 13. [Citation: Moscow Museum press release]
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