13 December 2017 in WOHM them. I. N. Kramskoy took place the solemn opening of the exhibition “Yuri Cooper. Illustrations of the tragedy of Pushkin’s “Mozart and Salieri,” from the collection of WAHM them. I. N. Kramskoy” portrait”, which was attended by the artist himself.

Opening the solemn part of the ceremony, head of the exhibition Department of the Museum Olga Ryabchikova, noted that the exhibition “artist’s Book” is an unusual exhibit for the Museum in terms of its artistic properties represented in the 17 illustrations, each of which reflects the spirit of the time in which he lived and worked Pushkin.

Artistic Director of the Voronezh state academic drama theatre named after A. Koltsov Vladimir Petrov, is a friend of the artist, spoke about the work on the project of restoration of the theater, the interior designer who gave Yuri Cooper. Mr Smith noted the vitality and talent of the artist and expressed words of gratitude to the artist for the collaboration and its dedication to Voronezh.

Voronezh artist Alex Country stressed that participation in the opening of such a large-scale cultural events is a great honor. “Everything came together in the illustrations, looking at that it becomes clear that the senses, overwhelming the characters, familiar to the author. Now, when we meet with the names of Mozart, Pushkin, will associate them with the name of Cooper,” – said Alexey Vladimirovich

At the end of the ceremony, Yuri Leonidovich thanked all who came to the opening. The artist shared with the audience his thoughts and techniques used in the work on the illustration works. In particular, the master noted that the illustrations of Pushkin’s work went through objectivity, gobelinos, for a literal illustration of the text would be unworthy of the great poetry of the author.

The exhibition will run until 14 January 2018.