The 150th anniversary of the birth of Ivan Alekseevich Bunin, writer, poet, Nobel Prize laureate in literature, is timed to coincide with the exhibition “How to say about all this beauty” prepared by the Voronezh Regional Art Museum named after I.N. Kramskoy together with the Oryol United Literary Museum. I.S. Turgenev.

The exhibition will open on October 15, 2020.

Bunin the writer combined freshness of perception with amazing observation and a rich imagination. The “picturesqueness” of Bunin’s artistic language was noted by his contemporaries, Z. Gippius called him “the king of pictorial art” who knew no equal. The ability to see and feel color brings Bunin closer to such colorists as K. Korovin, I. Levitan. Throughout his life I. Bunin communicated a lot with artists, friendly relations tied him with P. Nilus, E. Bukovetskiy, I. Levitan. The artist of Russian origin T. Muravyova-Loginova left her memories of the meetings with the Bunins in France. The artist handed over her illustrations to these memories to the Oryol Literary Museum. I.S. Turgenev, who provided original drawings for display.

The exhibition reveals the originality of Bunin the artist through the presentation of “picturesque” parallels. The exposition of the exhibition is based not on direct analogies of paintings and literary texts, but on rhythmic, figurative, stylistic consonances. The exhibition presents paintings and graphic works by P. Nilus, I. Levitan, L. Turzhansky, F. Malyavin, V. Vasnetsov, stored in the collection of the Voronezh Art Museum. I.N. Kramskoy. A special section of the exhibition consists of lifetime editions of the writer’s works, provided by the Zonal Scientific Library of Voronezh State University and the Voronezh Regional Universal Scientific Library named after V.I. I.S. Nikitin.

The exposition will include over 40 exhibits.

The cost of visiting the exhibition is 100 rubles for all categories of visitors.
Members of the Union of Artists (upon presentation of a certificate) – free.
Photography: mobile devices, camera (without flash) – free of charge.

The exhibition will run until November 08, 2020.