PAO Severstal supported the exhibition “Portrait. Watercolors and graphics from the collection of A.G. Egorov ", which will be held online at the School of Watercolors of Sergei Andriyaka from December 2, 2020 to January 17, 2021.
The collection of Alexei Georgievich Egorov is one of the largest private collections of watercolors and graphics in Russia. Visitors to the online exhibition will be able to see more than 400 portraits of Russian and foreign artists of the 16th-20th centuries, including the world classics Rembrandt van Rijn, Thomas Gainsborough, Francois Boucher and prominent artists Ilya Efimovich Repin, Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov, Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel, Mikhail Vasilyevich-Nmaesterov Vodkin and others. Unique works are made in a variety of author's techniques: hand-cast paper, laid paper, various types of watercolors, engravings on wood and copper, graphite pencil, sanguine, pastel, sauce, ink pen, Italian pencil.
The exposition is a real encyclopedia of graphic In one panorama came together examples of engraving from the era of the Saxon ibrandenburg electors, Lucas Cranach the Elder and Andy Warhol's Self-Portrait, medieval masterpieces of drawing and watercolors, Russian and European graphics of the first half of the 19th century. A number of the most significant works have been exhibited at the Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian Museum, the State Museum of Fine Arts named after A.S. Pushkin, the State Historical Museum and many others.
“Each portrait is not just an image of a person's appearance, but a reflection of his inner world and, to some extent, the history of his life and era. The exhibition will show visitors a kind of history of mankind through the faces of its outstanding representatives and ordinary people: saints and prophets, leaders and statesmen, aristocrats and their loved ones, famous writers and artists, philosophers, artists, military men, beauties and ordinary workers, colorful old people and children. I am sure it will not leave indifferent both fine art connoisseurs and those who are just discovering the world of beauty. I express my heartfelt gratitude to the Sergey Andriyakiz School of Watercolors for help in organizing the exhibition! " - commented Alexey Georgievich Egorov, Deputy General Director for Communications and Government Relations, Severstal.
