Exhibition



Exhibition "Voronezh Front"

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March 1, 2018 in the Voronezh Regional Youth Library. V.M. Exhibition “Voronezh Front” opened in Kubanev

The exhibition presents copies of works by front-line artists Vladimir Bogatkin and Vitaly Demidov in 1942-1943 in Voronezh (from the funds of the VGKM named after I. Kramskoy).

During the Great Patriotic War Voronezh became the arena of fierce fighting. To capture Voronezh, the fascist command in the summer of 1942 concentrated about 20 divisions. The fighting for Voronezh lasted 212 days and nights. The fascists were not able to capture Voronezh completely. Heroic actions of the Soviet troops on the outskirts and within the boundaries of Voronezh the enemy was stopped, bleached and defeated.

While our soldiers fought, the artists took up their weapons – brushes, pencils, paints. They considered it their duty to capture what happened then and went to the front, went out with notebooks and easels to the streets of the occupied cities, painted destroyed houses, rickety pillars, destroyed churches and monuments … Thus, in Voronezh, Moscow artists Vladimir Bogatkin and Vitaly Demidov . Graphics language artists talked about the destroyed streets and squares, destroyed buildings and monuments of history. Works of these artists from the collection of VOKHM them. I.N. Kramskoye are unique historical evidence of the true tragedy of the city of Voronezh during the Great Patriotic War.

The exposition will work in the Voronezh Regional Youth Library. V.M. Kubanev until April 26, 2018.