September 3, 2003
Russian Impressionism Exhibition Opens Thursday at Belmont
NASHVILLE, September 3, 2003 – Russian Impressionism, an exhibition of paintings by Russian artists in the mid-20th Century, opens Thursday, Sept. 4, in the Leu Gallery at Belmont University, for a one-month run. Bering Strait, a Grammy-nominated band from Russia now recording classical-flavored bluegrass-tinged country music in Nashville, will perform at the opening reception, scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday night. In addition, noted fine art collector Raymond E. Johnson, founder of The Museum of Russian Art in Bloomington, Minnesota, will be the reception's main speaker. Johnson is recognized by Art & Antiques Magazine as one of the top 100 fine art collectors in the United States, with a specific focus on Russian Impressionism.
The painting shown here is Porch, by Boris Mikhailovich Lavrenko.
The exhibition will feature 50 paintings from The Museum of Russian Art, the only museum of its kind in the United States devoted to Russian art from the 20th Century. The collection is filled with scenes of everyday life in Russia painted by various painters during the Soviet era – including a variety of still-lifes, landscapes, and portraits.
The exhibition, one of the largest of 20th Century Russian Impressionism paintings in the southeast in the last five years, will run through October 2. It is sponsored by the Belmont University Alumni Association.
A selection of the paintings to be exhibited – along with more information about the month-long exhibition and the two-day fine art sale to follow, featuring the works of more than 50 local, regional, national, and international artists – is available online at http://forum.belmont.edu/artshow/
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