An exhibition of the famous artist-designer Boris Messerer opened in Moscow

The Russian Academy of Arts hosted an exhibition of the works of the famous stage designer and national artist Boris Messerer. The retrospective exhibition included about 100 paintings and graphic works of the master, created in recent years.

The name of the famous stage designer B. Messerer is well known far beyond our country. The artist designed more than one and a half hundred opera, ballet, dramatic performances, which became domestic classics.

It was not easy for Boris Messerer to select the works for the retrospective exhibition. The last time he was exhibited five years ago in the Tretyakov Gallery - and during this time a lot of new things accumulated.

"I did not fit here completely with my pictures, almost the same in volume the exhibition remained at home, in the studio," Boris Messerer shared.

From the famous works of the master at the exhibition - portraits of his wife Bella Akhmadulina. The poet did not like to pose, she rarely did it. But Messereru trusted. This composition with chairs, gramophone and kerosene lamp was created in the 70's, for 6 years. Gramophones are generally a special passion of the artist.

Of the works written over the past two years - watercolor landscapes of Tarusa. Boris Messerer admits - it is very important for him to write from nature.

"Natural art is a person's communication with an artist, with nature and this is that impressionism, that school that should be in every contemporary artist," Boris Messerer said.

Many compositions are made in the author's technique of etching. In the 80's, the artist invented his "king-machine", which he says, which allowed him to print large-format sheets and color multilayered impressions.

"For me this exhibition is an opening, because I did not see such scope and such depth of his work, I did not come across it and I am very happy for my friend Boris Asafovich", - said the People's Artist of Russia Sergey Alimov.

The whole room is dedicated to the "Ballerinas". This art Boris Messerer knows like no other - he was born in the family of the choreographer, his cousin - Maya Plisetskaya. He was even predicted that his career would be connected with the ballet. But Messerer chose a different path. And I was not mistaken.