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The Ernst Neizvestny Museum of ArtLife and Art of Ernst NeizvestnyPermanent ExhibitionExhibits of the Ernst Neizvestny M...
10/04/2023

The Ernst Neizvestny Museum of Art
Life and Art of Ernst Neizvestny
Permanent Exhibition

Exhibits of the Ernst Neizvestny Museum of Art are displayed in five halls, where each is dedicated to a specific aspect of the sculptor’s career.

The first hall is devoted to the development of the artist’s creative career. It features his portraits that were painted by renowned artists.

The second hall is devoted to the formation and development of the artisan’s outlook. The main exhibit is the Heart of Christ statue, which was created in the 1970s. The artist presented the original sculpture to Pope John Paul II, and it is exhibited in the Vatican. The casting of this work was donated by Ernst Neizvestny to the Yekaterinburg Museum on the eve of its opening.

The third hall displays the artist’s works that were created between 1940 and 1960. Visitors can see his famous works: Centaurissa with Child, Atomic Explosion, Two Faces, and Lotus Flower.

Brullov K. P.1799, St Petersburg -1852, Manziana (near Rome)The Last Day of Pompeii1833The subject of the canvas is the ...
09/04/2023

Brullov K. P.
1799, St Petersburg -1852, Manziana (near Rome)
The Last Day of Pompeii
1833

The subject of the canvas is the destruction of the ancient Roman town of Pompeii during an eruption of the volcano Vesuvius in the year 79 AD. Brullov’s historical sources were the letters written by the ancient Roman historian Pliny the Younger, a witness of the catastrophe, to Tacitus, and a study of the ruins of Pompeii, where archaeological excavations had begun in the middle of the eighteenth century. The scene of the action is the Strada dei Sepolcri (Road of Tombs), the Pompeii necropolis and a kilometre perspective from the Gates of Hercules to the Villa Diomedes in the direction of the Villa of Mysteries. The Last Day of Pompeii was exhibited at the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan in 1833. It was then sent to the annual Paris Salon, which had opened in the Louvre in March 1834, winning Brullov a first gold medal. The painting was shown at the Imperial Hermitage in St Petersburg in 1834 and at a special exhibition organized by the Imperial Academy of Arts in 1835. Among the characters in the painting, Brullov depicts himself (the artist on the steps of the temple) and Countess Yulia Samoilova (the mother embracing her daughter).

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