Exhibition dedicated to Lev Bakst opened in the Tretyakov Gallery
In the Engineering Building opened the exhibition “Lev Bakst”, which the Tretyakov Gallery celebrates its 170th anniversary, and 160 years since the birth of the artist himself
The space of the exhibition is divided into three parts and leads the viewer in the footsteps of the creative biography of the master. The first hall is dedicated to the family and the St. Petersburg period of the artist’s formation. The close connection between Bakst and Pavel Tretyakov is also reflected, because the master’s wife was the daughter of the collector Lyubov Gritsenko.
The second hall combines the “Greek” period of Leo Bakst’s work and is a reflection of his joint trip to Greece with Valentin Serov, whose impressions also complement the story about this period.
The third room is unexpected. Here is a collection of publications in print about the artist, which Lev Bakst collected for many years. Such responses accumulated from a dozen volumes, but the exhibition presented their most colorful part.
