Konstantin Bogaevsky. Crimean mystery Automatic translate

Venue: Dvuhsvetny Hall, Exhibition Complex of the Historical Museum.

The Historical Museum, together with the Russian State Art Gallery, presents an exhibition project dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of the artist Konstantin Fyodorovich Bogaevsky, a prominent representative of the Silver Age, who sang in his work the nature of the Eastern Crimea - Cimmeria.

“For the first time in 50 years, thanks to cooperation with more than 20 Russian museums, a large exhibition of the Feodosia landscape painter Konstantin Bogaevsky has been assembled in the exposition space. The works of art and memorial items included in the exhibition will allow visitors to get acquainted with the work of this talented master,” says director Alexei Levykin.

The exhibition presents more than 100 exhibits dedicated to the life and work of the artist: large-scale paintings, graphic works, photographs, letters, lifetime publications and personal items. Many of these things are being shown for the first time. In addition to the works of Bogaevsky, the exposition includes portraits of the artist, made by his artist friends, as well as the first edition of the collection of poems by M. A. Voloshin, illustrated by K. F. Bogaevsky.

Konstantin Fedorovich Bogaevsky was born in 1872 in Feodosia. From early childhood, the boy showed talent and diligence in drawing. He attended the workshop of I. K. Aivazovsky, took lessons from the famous Feodosia landscape painter A. I. Fessler. In 1891, K. F. Bogaevsky entered the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, where he studied in the studio of Professor A. I. Kuindzhi, and after completing his studies, he and his classmates went on a trip abroad to get acquainted with foreign galleries.

“He was born among the stones of ancient Theodosia, erased like their names; wandered as a child through its eroded hills and cemeteries; The Kenegez steppes taught his eyes to disassemble the constellations and observe swirling clouds. Opuk was a mountain of initiation, from which he was shown the path in art; the teeth of the Koktebel mountains on the horizon were the source of his romanticism, giving rise to longing in him for the mirages of the southern countries, castles and rocks; and the trees of the Shah-Mamai estate directed his taste for Poussin and Claude Lorrain,” recalled his friend, writer Maximilian Voloshin, about Bogaevsky.

Returning to Feodosia, K. F. Bogaevsky began to paint landscapes, as well as take part in exhibitions of popular creative associations of the Moscow Association of Artists, the Union of Russian Artists and the World of Art. In the 1930s, a new page of creativity opened up for the artist - the industrial landscape, but the most important topic for him has always been the beauty of his native land and the historical landscape.

K. F. Bogaevsky died tragically during the next bombing of Feodosia in 1943. His work entered the history of painting forever, and his works remained in many museums of the post-Soviet space and collections of Crimean museums.