Inspired by the Khvalyn landscapes, sung at the time by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, artists from all over the country are no longer the first. About 50 masters of painting from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tatarstan, Chuvashia, Bashkortostan, the Perm Territory, the Republic of Mari El, the Samara and Saratov regions took part in the Khvalyn prenars.
The festival itself is held for the second time and enjoys great popularity among connoisseurs of art of painting. In total, about five thousand people became guests of the festival in Khvalynsk, not without pride is shared temporarily acting head of the Saratov region Valery Radaev.
VRIO of the Governor of the Saratov Region Valery Radaev. Photo: "Morning" "Sam Khvalynsk for me is not only a small homeland, but also the most beautiful place on earth. I hope the local power was felt by all the guests of the festival. Inspired by the extraordinary nature of these places, hospitality hvalyntsev, imbued with creativity Petrov-Vodkin. He enriched the world culture, glorified our region. The tradition of plein airs. Once it was interrupted, but now it's been continued again, "the official said.. The head of the Foundation for the Development of Contemporary Art Ivan Demidov. Photo: "Morning" The thought of reviving the praise of the Khrenlin princes came to the head of the State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin. It is thanks to his promotion that the event is an annual status at the official level.
"Exhibitions, interactive lectures, installations and master classes are becoming an invariable attribute of the open air in Khvalynsk," Vyacheslav Volodin noted in his address to the participants of "Khvalynskie etudes".
Photo: "Morning" The overwhelming majority of art experts who attended the festival noted the high level of artistic skill of its participants. As they consider a lot of sketches are worthy to take their place in various museum collections. Pictures from the festival fund will traditionally be visited by art schools and palaces of culture of the Saratov region.
Photo: "Morning" The program of the festival was quite diverse and was not limited to painting alone. So, for example, on the Cathedral Square of Khvalynsk the trade in handicrafts was briskly conducted and a gigantic samovar was installed. A special part of the festival was a costume bike ride, in which children and adults took part. They drove around the city in tribute to the memory of the legendary countryman Petrov-Vodkin. It is worth noting that the famous master himself on a bike traveled all over Europe.
Photo: "Morning" A special highlight of the festival was the installation of an art object in the form of a red horse, which seemed to have come down from the famous canvas of Petrov-Vodkin.
Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin - Russian painter, graphic artist, writer and teacher, Honored Artist of the RSFSR. Born in 1878 in the town of Khvalynsk, Saratov region. He taught in a number of educational institutions. Perhaps the most famous work of the artist's brush painting - "Bathing the red horse," shown in 1912 at the exhibition "World of Art".