In the Novgorod Museum-Reserve opened an exhibition of Galina Kizhapkina

In the main building of the Novgorod Museum-Reserve on November 13, a warm and atmospheric exhibition of Galina Kizhapkina “Light of the native land” opened. Galina Kizhapkina has been living and working in Novgorod for more than thirty years. Her main love is landscapes and urban sketches. The artist often paints watercolors in the open air, trying to capture and preserve on paper not just the outlines of places, but their lively mood, the play of light and color. A separate inspiration for her was the corners associated with the name of Sergei Rachmaninov. A whole series of works is devoted to the ancient estates of Oneg and Semenovo, allowing the viewer to walk through the places that remember the great composer. The exposition was very diverse. Here are collected works of different years, created by watercolors, pastels and ink. But special attention deserves a rare technique of encaustics, in which the artist uses wax and colored pigments. This unusual craft Galina Kizhapkina was fond of during a creative trip to Australia. This year, the collection of the museum-reserve was replenished with 84 graphic works of the author, covering the period from the 1970s to 2025. Many of these works can now be seen at the exhibition, where they formed an excellent company for works from the personal archive of Galina Kizhapkina herself and exhibits from private collections.