"Moscow" sculpture courtyard appeared in Smolensk Museum-Reserve

In Smolensk, a new tourist showplace. For the art gallery of the museum-reserve open "Moscow" sculpture courtyard.

Seven sculptures created by well-known Soviet artists, in particular were stored in the vaults. Now the work of Soviet art classics blended into the landscape of one of the oldest cities in Russia - no longer as a means of monumental propaganda, as well as a monument to the era.

Dashing tractor, romantic searcher diamonds and courageous fisherman. Practice arrange sculpted patios exist in many metropolitan museums. Critics believe that against the background of the nature of the sculpture is better accepted. The earliest work in the sculpture courtyard - "Metallist" - was carried out by George Alekseev, author of the first monuments to Lenin.

The central sculpture is dedicated to the world-famous violinist, Leonid Kogan. Equally famous was the author of this work, Victor Dumanyan that portrayed in stone and bronze musicians and composers. The most famous work is owned by the Latvian sculptor Race Kalnynja Greenberg. Smolensk "Mother-apple" - a mock memorial in Anchupanskom forest in Latvia, where for hiding prisoners of concentration camps by the Nazis about two thousand civilians were killed.

"Mother-apple tree," as the author says, is rooted in the ground, feeds the blood of martyrs and the hands-branch extends to the sun and the future ", - said Daria Ivanova.

Museum workers called patio "Moscow", because most of the authors have lived and worked in Moscow. The only Smolensk job created in granite Albert Sergeev. The author gave the "Lady of Smolensk" generalized features, but we know who is depicted.

"Made from nature as a portrait of a student Krasovsky. Later this Melkova Taisiya K., who worked all his life in art school ", - explained the sculptor, daughter AG Olga Sergeeva Baranowska.

The museum-reserve plan that sculpture exposition in the open air will be expanded - the funds still have something to show.