The Soul Of Russia

Part VI: The Soul Of Russia

The art of transferring the spirit, essence, and energy of different periods and schools of Europe circa 18th century is very challenging. To translate Russia’s school of realistic art of 17th – 18th century is even more challenging.

The authentic variety of styles, the absence of the “main genetic strand” where one generation of artists transfers its tradition to another generation, the gap and deviation from style of the artists without connecting to the other – all these factors contributed to enormous challenges of this project.

Michal and Jenny spent months studying the main trends of Russian Art starting from icons of Andrei Rublev to the traditional paintings of 17th – 18th centuries embracing paintings of aristocracy, peasantry, and still nature. The result of this sedulous work, 9 paintings were created to convey the “Great Russian Soul” with its extremity, strength, and unexpected swing.

“The Soul Of Russia” is the sixth of a series of 7 exhibitions. These include Byzantine art, Italian Renaissance, Dutch Masters of 16th and 17th century, French Baroque and Rococo of 17th and 18th centuries, England and its great masters of 18th and 19th centuries, and The Great Art of Persia.