Igor Grabar. Life and Creativity

The amazing story of the life and work of one of the brightest figures in Russian and Soviet art, Igor Emmanuilovich Grabar, is recreated in the pages of this book. Touching stories from his life highlight the remarkable creative achievements of the outstanding painter, art historian, restorer, museum figure, teacher, and tireless researcher. Throughout his life, Grabar managed to encompass the unthinkable - to become a landmark Russian Impressionist, to set the restoration craft in Russia on a scientific path, and much more. He prepared and published the fundamental History of Russian Art, created the Central Restoration Workshops in Moscow, became a curator of the Tretyakov Gallery and conducted a reexhibition there, taught at Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, and even led the decorative arts section of the Malaya Theatre… This edition is dedicated to the exhibition “Igor Grabar. To the 150th Anniversary of His Birth” at the State Tretyakov Gallery.