Exhibition "Soviet Art of the 1950s–1960s. From the NHM Collection"

About exhibition

The 1950s in national art are associated with people's expectations of a joyful, prosperous life. A focus on the brighter aspects of reality prompted artists to seek motifs that are beautiful in themselves. The theme of peaceful labor and peaceful life received particular attention. The joyful fullness of life without war was expressed in the works of that decade. The early 1960s are characterized by new ideological and creative tendencies, a desire to break free from clichés and to turn to simple, universally familiar subjects. Artists of the new generation, the so-called "severe style," most consistently reflected the meaning of the changes that took place in painting. While addressing traditional themes, they infused them with different content and mood. More than 50 works of visual art are included in the exhibition; they allow the older generation to recall their childhood and youth, and will introduce young visitors to the art of the postwar decades and the period of the Khrushchev Thaw. The ticket price includes admission to exhibitions from the museum's collections and to temporary non-commercial exhibitions.