October 12, 2017 at 16.00 in the exhibition hall of the VOKHM them. I.N. The exhibition dedicated to the 180th anniversary of the birth of our compatriot Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoy will open. At the exhibition will be presented about 60 works of painting and graphics from the collection of the museum.

The whole life of this outstanding man, artist, organizer and art theorist was an example of dedication to the idea associated with the artist’s high destiny and his public duty, he served the art, urging him to go “forward without looking back” to life.

The exposition will begin with the early drawings, made by Kramskoy in the years of study at the Academy of Arts. Special attention deserves a sketch of the artist to the contest for the second gold medal “Oleg’s campaign to Constantinople. 1861 ». The sketch is interesting because on top of it stands a red wax personal seal of the rector of the academy Feodor Ivanovich Bruni and his handwritten inscription: “The rector of Bruni was approved”.

In addition to the works of Kramskoy, the exhibition will feature paintings by famous Peredvizhniki artists, comrades Kramskoy, who were part of the first art association of Russia “Association of Traveling Art Exhibitions” – A. Kuindzhi. I. Levitan, G. Myasoedov, V. Polenov, V. and A. Vasnetsov, works of our fellow artist A. Bučkuri – active exhibitor of the Association, etc.

For the first time, viewers will never see an unfinished unfinished sketch by F. Vasiliev, V. Makovsky’s work “The Watermill”, etchings by I. Shishkin and two pencil drawings by I. Repin. These artists became a symbol of Russian painting of the late 19th century, and the “Association of Traveling Art Exhibitions”, whose ideologist remained the remainder of his life. Kramskoy, a key milestone in the development of Russian art.

The cost of a full entrance ticket is 200 rubles, preferential (for students, schoolchildren, pensioners) – 150 rubles.

The exhibition will last until November 26, 2017.