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ART AS PROFESSION. COLLECTION OF MAIA AND ANATOLY BEKKERMAN

B. Anisfeld. Boy with a Parrot. 1923. Oil on cardboard. 76,5×58.
Alexander Bogomazov. Portrait of Vanda Monastyrskaya, the Artist’s Wife. 1914. Oil on canvas. 23×31.
Goncharova Natalia. Magnolia (Still Life with Branch of Magnolia and Grape). 1920’s. Oil on canvas. 54,6×45,7.
Boris Grigoryev. Still Life with Peaches. Late 1920’s – beginning of 1930’s. Oil on canvas. 50×61.
Konstantin Korovin. Street in Yalta. Second half of 1910’s. Oil on canvas. 58,5×79,5.
Nikolai Feshin. Two Girls. 1920’s. Oil on canvas. 29,5×37.

09 July - 01 September 2014
St. Michael's Castle

"Art as profession" exhibition in the Russian Museum includes 48 paintings and sculptural works from the collection of Maia and Anatoly Bekkerman. Among the artists presented are leading masters of Russian art of the second half of the XIX - early XX century: B. Anisfeld, M. Antokolsky, D. Burlyuk, N. Goncharova, B. Grigorev, K. Korovin, S. Sudeykin, R. Falk, N. Feshin, A. Ekster. Works of art from Bekkermans' collection were previously presented in many important art projects in Russia, including the exhibition "Time to collect", held at the Russian Museum and the State Museum-Reserve "Tsaritsyno". In 2013 works from the collection were displayed at the exhiibitions of Filipp Malyavin in the Russian Museum and Natalia Goncharova in the Tretyakov Gallery which aroused great interest of the audience. The current exhibition offers a new oppurtunity to get acquainted with the unique works from one of the most significant modern collections and enrich our knowledge of Russian art at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries.

With the support of the ABA Gallery, JSC "TRANSAERO" Airlines, DVO Real Estate