THE PICTORIAL CENTURY. THE ART OF THE OSIPOV-FYODOROV DYNASTY: EXHIBITION PROJECT AT THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS
Dates: May 22- June 16, 2024
Venue: Exhibition halls of the Russian Academy of Arts, 21 Prechistenka street, Moscow
The Russian Academy of Arts continues to present to the viewers the art of representatives of eminent Russian artistic dynasties. The exhibition and research project “The Pictorial Century. The Art of the Osipov-Fyodorov Dynasty” features works by five artists of four generations of the dynasty who worked during the 20th century and continue their creative careers today. The founder of the dynasty is Alexander E. Osipov (1892-1981), the second generation – his daughter Tamara A. Osipova (1924-1989) and her husband Vladislav G. Fyodorov (1924-1993), the third generation – their daughter Maria V. Fyodorova, the forth – Maria’s son Daniel Y. Fyodorov.
On display at the Russian Academy of Arts are almost 130 paintings and graphic sheets created by the artists in the 1910s -2020s that reflect their main creative periods and reveal the talent of each of them. Of major interest is a variety of genres presented at the exhibition: portrait, landscape, still life, decorative compositions, theatrical costumes and sketches. Within the exhibition framework there will be a panel discussion “Two Centuries in Art. The Osipov- Fyodorov Dynasty” to be held by the Honored Artist of Russia, Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts Maria Fyodorova and her husband, the Honored Artist of Russia, actor of the Russian Maly Theater Yury Ilyin.
The main themes for the masters of the dynasty have always been human values and family motifs. According to art critics, the artists represent various directions of realistic art: Alexander Osipov – the Academic one; Tamara Osipova and Vladislav Fyodorov – impressionism of the Moscow school of painting; Maria Fyodorova creates decorative graphic compositions and works in fashion design; Daniel Fyodorov –contemporary art. Each of the dynasty representatives has a distinguished artistic language that can be clearly seen at the exhibition.
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