V.L.Borovikovsky

Portrait with a Mystery. Notes on Vladimir Borovikovsky’s iconography

Lyudmila Markina

Article: 
HERITAGE
Magazine issue: 
#4 2009 (25)

In late 2008-early 2009 the Tretyakov Gallery hosted, in its Krymsky Val building, an exhibition “...Her beauty was rescued by Borovikovsky”, to great acclaim. For the first time in history the show featured religious works of the artist who, in Soviet times, was known only as a portraitist. Understandably, Borovikovsky’s icons drew the attention of viewers, clergy, and museum specialists.

Portrait with a Mystery. Notes on Vladimir Borovikovsky’s iconography

In late 2008-early 2009 the Tretyakov Gallery hosted, in its Krymsky Val building, an exhibition “...Her beauty was rescued by Borovikovsky”, to great acclaim. For the first time in history the show featured religious works of the artist who, in Soviet times, was known only as a portraitist. Understandably, Borovikovsky’s icons drew the attention of viewers, clergy, and museum specialists.

Borovikovsky from Paris

Lyudmila Markina

Article: 
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
Magazine issue: 
#3 2008 (20)

Last year marked the 250th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky (1757-1825). The artist was the last of the acclaimed painters of the 18th century. His portraits of personalities of the age of the Enlightenment, and first of all the sentimental young ladies whose beauty was “preserved by Borovikovsky” (in the words of the poet Yakov Polonsky) won him a deserved acclaim.

Borovikovsky from Paris

The Tretyakov Gallery expresses sincere gratitude to OAO “Surgutneftegas” and to “British American Tobacco” for their financial support of this exhibition project.

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