An exhibition of veteran artists who survived the siege of Leningrad has opened in St. Petersburg

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

On January 15, the St. Petersburg Union of Artists opened an exhibition. The peculiarity of this exhibition is that it presents the works of those masters who survived the siege of Leningrad. Visitors to the exhibition are presented with works of arts and crafts, graphic works, sculpture and painting.

Konstantin Sukhenko, representing the committee responsible for culture in St. Petersburg, spoke at the opening ceremony of this exhibition. He recalled that during the Great Patriotic War, the work of the Leningrad Union of Artists continued. Despite the hard times, artists continued to paint. He also recalled that in 1942 there were even several exhibitions, such as a poster exhibition, "Leningrad in the days of the Patriotic War," "Partisan movement in the Leningrad region."

Leningrad was completely liberated from the blockade 75 years ago. This is a very important date, which we decided to celebrate this year and devote many cultural events to it. One of them is this exhibition. There are still people who survived those terrible events. Many people know about them from the stories of their close relatives, who may no longer be alive. It is important to preserve this knowledge and pass it on to new generations so that they also know and remember about the feat accomplished by Leningrad.

For the exhibition, canvases were selected that were created by artists who survived the blockade, as well as by masters who painted pictures about past events, according to the memories of people who survived the blockade. There are many such works in the showroom. It is best to visit the exhibition with children, so that they learn more about the history of Leningrad and the tragic events of the Patriotic War. Elena Tikhomirova, chairman of the St. Petersburg public organization with the name "Inhabitants of the besieged Leningrad", spoke about this at the opening ceremony of the exhibition.

The exhibition will be open to the public until January 26, 2019. Here you can see many works that tell what the city was like during the blockade. There are quite a few works that depict modern life, but at the same time they are associated with the war - children who look at war photographs; veterans who decided to relax in nature, etc. The exposition contains many still lifes, which depict flasks, metal mugs and other household items of Leningraders during the siege.