ALEXANDRA SCHEKATIKHINA-POTOTSKAYA

2 july 2009—14 september 2009

Alexandra Schekatikhina-Potoskaya is one of the most impressive figures in the history of the Russian porcelain of the first half of the XX century. At the personal exhibition is shown a part of her oeuvre, especially more than 200 porcelain articles, that were made on the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory, in Paris and Cairo, where the painter has lived from 1923 to 1936. The exposition contains also paintings, easel graphic works, studies for theatre sets and suits, book illustrations. The works of the Paris and Cairo periods are shown for the first time. About 100 paintings and graphic works were given by private collectors from Saint-Petersburg and by Ivangorod Historical, Architectural and Art Museum Complex.

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Inspired by the Classics: Neoclassicism in Russia

15 june—11 september 2023

This exhibition is dedicated to Russian Neoclassicism, an early 20th-century art trend that, alongside avant-garde, was influential in shaping Russian architecture, theatre, music, fashion and everyday life, as well as the figurative arts.

Home and Family. Images of Peaceful Life

16 december 2022—20 june 2023

The Russian Museum exhibition project Artists on War and Peace can be seen as a diptych comprised of two exhibitions: Images of Military Life in Russian Art of the 16th to 20th Centuries and Home and Family. Images of Peaceful Life. They explore two existential aspects of human life perceived as polar opposites. The first half of the diptych features scenes of everyday life during wartime, while the other focuses on the theme of the home and family as guardian of the moral values of the Russian people.

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27 april—19 june 2023 > Marble Palace Alexey Vaulin. Living Substance
13 april—3 july 2023 > St Michael’s Castle Leonid Sherwood (1871–1954)

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