The Russian Museum opens an exhibition for the 125th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Deineka

The Russian Museum opens an exhibition for the 125th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Deineka. One of the key figures of Soviet art, he had a wide creative range. His works have a unique experience of combining early modernist searches and the canons of socialist realism. Reporting by Ekaterina Fisenko. Social Realism with an incredibly human and bright face. A new Soviet country through the eyes of Alexander Deineka. At 17, he was only 18. And he accepts Soviet reality youthfully, with all his heart. Absolute faith in a bright future. “Happy association with artistic talents and faith in art and ideal. Just his "Textile Girl" is one of the most famous paintings. Ancient graces were reborn into three workers and even three ideal girls, dream women, says senior researcher, curator of the poster fund of the department of engravings of the XVIII – early XXI century. Russian Museum of Zolotinkin Irina. Textiles, runners. Deineka’s Soviet people are beautiful, strong, sporty, healthy, like ancient gods. The singer of socialist reality and even its creator. The poster was a great way for the author to convey his thoughts. Clear and concise: kolkhoznik, be a gymnast. And here is the embodiment - his hand is a picturesque kolkhoz woman on a bicycle, obviously, a gymnast. In the 41st bright Soviet days in his paintings were replaced by a gray scale. Deineka remained in Moscow, several times went to the front and wrote. Burned villages, black ovens. Here is a sketch of the famous defense of Sevastopol, the picture is now at another exhibition, in Moscow. In the Russian Museum, another monumental canvas is a shot down ace. And here and about the tragedy, and about the future victory, and about the fact that Deineka is a Master of artistic dynamics and a master of drama. “Ace flying rapidly towards the Earth and a stable, flat Earth. Now he lies down, there will be a collision, the death of a sample, which is born into the idea that they did not in vain start an incredible adventure. In relation to a peaceful country, says the deputy general director for scientific work, head of the painting department of the XVIII - first half of the XIX century. Russian Museum Grigory Goldovsky. The restoration of space explorers for the exhibition was put on display. The restoration is long and difficult. The painting was stored in the Luhansk Museum, but was not stored correctly on a very thin shaft. “The structure of the painting was not taken into account in storage. The fact is that Deineka, when he created it, he laid several layers. First there were the preparatory layers. They were applied to the tempera binder, and on top laid with oil, which we see. And the oily layers of tempera didn't bond well. As a result, when the painting was rolled on a very thin shaft, we had cracks of the sleeve, damage to the colorful layer, explains acting Deputy General Director for Accounting, Storage and Restoration of Museum Values of the Russian Museum Sergey Sirro. The painting has never been restored and entrusted to the Russian Museum. “Only we have the technology laboratory, the only one in the country. This made it possible to do what is absolutely necessary for a comprehensive scientific restoration. Our goal, whenever such restoration is done, is to guarantee the safety of the next 100 years, said Alla Manilova, Director General of the Russian Museum. After the conquerors will return to Luhansk, and for now the entire spectrum of creativity of the people’s artist, hero of labor, Lenin Prize winner, Alexander Deineka, in St. Petersburg.

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