Exploring the World of "White on White": The Art of Vladimir Veisberg

Hey there! If you're interested, we'd like to share some exciting news with you. The In Artibus Foundation and the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts have joined forces to bring you a wonderful exhibition featuring the work of one of the most outstanding Russian painters of the 20th century - Vladimir Veisberg. The exhibition showcases more than a hundred works from the artist's collection, representing all periods of his career, from the 1940s to the 1980s. If you're an art enthusiast, you won't want to miss this!

Vladimir Veisberg "Naked", 1976

Veisberg was a key figure in Russian art during the latter half of the 20th century. His work was unique and didn't fit into the categories of either official or nonconformist art. He worked according to the strict rules of classical painting and aimed to comprehend its laws. The exhibition has been curated to ensure that Veisberg's work remains continuously visible to specialists and a wide audience. It features more than 40 works from Inna Bazhenova's collection of European paintings and more than 60 works from the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts.

I am surprised by Vladimir Veisberg's ability to write a work in such a way that white on white - and everything is clear, everything is visible, beautiful, exquisite, and refined. But. This is not the only thing that surprises me because it is not clear. As large strokes, you can write a work, so that the strokes turn into an object. Stunning "Bush" is a chic thing, what colour scheme? Magnificent still lifes, even an ordinary untidy table turns into a work of art in the hands of a master. "If our vision were perfect, we wouldn't distinguish more objects, we wouldn't see anything but harmony" - Vladimir Veisberg.

A large collection of graphics from the collection of the State Museum of Fine Arts. The Department of Personal Collections used to have a whole hall dedicated to Veisberg's graphics. Two works at the exhibition "Sasha cleans fish" and "Man Smoking a Pipe" are hung in such a way that they are difficult to see; the light coming from the windows does not allow you to follow them, or the windows must be closed or hung elsewhere.

The exhibition lasted for six months, during which time we could view over 50 paintings and drawings. The graphic part of the exhibition will consist of two blocks: the first from the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, and the second from the collection of Inna Bazhenova.

You'll get to see some of Veisberg's rarest landscapes, early still lifes, iconic works from the 1960s, and the diversity of the "white on white" period of the 1970s and 80s. The exhibition also includes the artist's last work, "Venus and Geometry," which remained unfinished on the easel.