National Gallery of Art "Hazine" opens the exhibition of one picture

November 27, at 16.00, the National Gallery of Art "Hazine" opens the exhibition of one painting.

RT State Museum of Fine Arts named after A.S. Pushkin brings in Kazan one of his masterpieces - a picture by the famous French artist of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism Albert Marquet "Paris in winter. Quay Bourbon. "

Albert Marquet (1875, Bordeaux - 1947, Paris) - artist, distinguished himself as a painter, draftsman, illustrator, master of watercolor, a friend of Matisse, Rouault J., A. Derain, Dufy and O. R. Friese. Some time was close to Fauvists, participated in joint exhibitions of this group at the Salon d'Automne of 1905 and the Salon in 1906. In 1907 he refused the conditional expression of Fauvism, developed his own pictorial system. In his urban landscapes detachment and contemplation are connected with a deep experience of nature. This manifested itself in numerous kinds of Paris, having brought fame to the artist.

The painting "Paris in Winter. Quay Bourbon" was created in winter 1907. The French capital becomes the protagonist of his paintings. One after another, the artist writes views of Paris, where a special aristocratic of artistic reticence is expressed. Master was able to create a lyrical image of the city, shrouded in a veil of fine romance. The main motive of "Paris Suites" by Marque - the interaction between the city, the river, light and air.

Like all works of the artist of this time, the picture after writing became the property of the Parisian gallery of Drue; it almost immediately was acquired by collector Ivan Morozov for his Moscow gallery-museum.

From November 28 toDecember 21, 2014, the work created by one of the most talented artists of the XX century, will be available for viewing at the branch of the RT SMFA, the National Art Gallery "Hazine."