Andriyaka's watercolor school is also involved in museum and exhibition activities. This is the direction of her work, which is one of the priority ones. The museum and exhibition complex is located on an area of 650 square meters. m, its equipment is at a European level. In the halls of the complex hold exhibitions, lectures, music evenings, master classes. Next will be described in more detail about the Andriyaka Museum in Moscow, which is part of the MVK.
Large-scale exposure
It includes more than two hundred works of outstanding painters from different countries. The wide audience will see many works for the first time. This is about:
- landscapes of Ivan Shishkin, who was called the "poet of nature";
- watercolors by A.N. Benois, critic and talented art critic;
- sketches of P. A. Bryullov, a member of the Imperial Academy of Art.
The collection of Western European graphics on display at the Andriyaka Museum features names such as:
- James Holversi and Robert Hillsai, who were the founders of the Old Society of Watercolorists.
- Edward Korbuda. He spent about thirty years with the royal English family, where he taught historical painting.
Nice variety
And also in the Andriyaka Museum there are works by other brilliant representatives of the English school of the 19th century. Although these masters are little known to our viewers, in their homeland they enjoy well-deserved recognition. The collection is decorated with paintings by I. I. Navinsky, a painter and graphic artist.
A pleasant variety in the exhibition make the work of Chinese artists. They are a reminder that the basis of monumental masterpieces of oriental painting is a watercolor technique. The original samples included in the exposition, relating to the Soviet and modern period of Russian illustration, show the diversity of its artistic possibilities.
Pictures of Andriyaka
In two halls of the MVK, occupying a central place, a permanent exhibition has unfolded. It presents the works of Andriyaka Sergey Nikolaevich. He, being a national artist of the Russian Federation, runs the School of Watercolor.
The exposition includes more than eighty paintings by the master, covering almost thirty years of his work. These are small sheets dating back to 70-80 years of the last century, and monumental paintings created recently. Among the latter are such as:
- "Rain. Fog";
- "Colorful irises";
- "Crimea. Rocky cliff ";
- "Lilac".
- Norwegian Fjords, as well as many others.
The goal of the Andriyaka Museum
The museum is the first in the world where visitors can not only enjoy the works of classical artists. Its purpose is to reveal the creative cuisine of artists, methods of working with watercolors, its technological features. The exposition contains a lot of tools and materials of classical watercolor. Sometimes even professionals and art historians do not know about their existence and methods of application.
The watercolor museum also provides information on the theory of painting, which is not widespread. The exposition examines the laws of drawing, painting and composition. This applies to various genres, such as:
- classic landscape;
- portrait;
- conversation piece;
- still life;
- interior;
- ornament.
A lot of attention is paid to other important issues relating to the theory of fine art. This is about:
- culture of staging and drapery;
- theories of harmonious color combinations;
- different perspective systems;
- methods of proportioning;
- information about the traditions inherent in the classical teaching system;
- psychological aspects of perception.
The Andriyaka Watercolor Museum is just beginning its development. Further it is planned to replenish and expand its collection. The challenge for the future is to cover all historical eras, from the very beginnings of fine art, when primitive artists used the first pigments, to the very latest trends in watercolor.
The museum is located in Moscow, on the street of Academician Varga, at number 15. It is open from Wednesday to Sunday. Opening hours - from 11:00 to 19:00. The ticket price is 250 rubles, and at a discount for privileged categories of citizens - 120 rubles.