10 August 2021 — 7 November 2021
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Location: Exhibition complex/ 2nd floor / Exhibition hall No. 5
The term "paleoart" appeared in the early 1990s. It was invented by
the artist Mark Hallett, who worked as an artist consultant on Steven Spielberg’s Hollywood
blockbuster "Jurassic Park". Since then, the term
"paleoart" has been applied not only to modern reconstructions but
also to the artworks of the 19th – 20th centuries.
This outstanding art project at the Darwin Museum tells the world history of
paleoart and focuses on the development of the genre in Russia. The visitors
will see prehistoric animals depicted in painting, graphic art, sculpture, and
digital art. They will learn how artists work closely with paleontologists and
will compare reconstructions of extinct animals of the early 20th century with
modern ones.
Russian paleoart of the 19th-20th centuries includes artworks from the
collections of the State Darwin Museum, the State Biology Museum named after K.
A. Timiryazev, the Zoological Museum of the Lomonosov Moscow State University,
the Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Kuskovo
Memorial Estate, Ramenskiy Historical and Art Museum, and private collections.
The list of authors contains such recognized masters of the genre as K. K.
Flerov, V. A. Vatagin, A.M. Belashov, A. N. Komarov, V. V. Trofimov. Many
artworks are being exhibited for the first time.
The image of the iconic paleoart characters such as tyrannosaurus,
ichthyosaurus, iguanodon, protoceratops, stegosaurus, and pterodactyl has significantly transformed over
time thanks to scientific development. How do we imagine prehistoric creatures
today? This is the question, that will be answered by works of modern artists
and scientists who rely on scientific research and discoveries of the 21st
century. Among them, the visitors will see the works by A. Atuchin, S.
Krasovsky, V. Ilyukhin, N. Lipatova, S. Kruskop, Y. Priymak, and other famous
modern paleoartists.
Media partner of the exhibition:
Vatagin V. A. Jurassic Sea. From the series of paintings "The origin and
development of life on Earth". Oil on canvas. 1939.
Flerov K. K. Terrestrial life of the Jurassic period. From the series of
paintings "The origin and development of life on Earth". Oil on canvas.
1938.
Flerov K. K. Cretaceous Epoch (terrestrial fauna). From the series of
paintings "The origin and development of life on earth". Oil on
canvas. 1939.
Flerov K. K. Dryopithecus and sivatheres. Oil on plywood. 1947.
Flerov K. K. Coryphodons. Oil on cardboard. The 1940s.
Flerov K. K. Giant armadillo (Glyptodon). Oil on canvas. 1941.
Vatagin V. A. Triceratops. Watercolor on whatman paper. 1914.
Актуальные мероприятия
Учреждение, подведомственное
