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The Tretyakov Gallery presented an exhibition project dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of Alexei Shchusev, one of the most significant Russian architects, a brilliant graphic artist, and an original museum curator. The central theme of the exhibition was the Museum - the goal and feature of Shchusev's thinking. The exposition includes architectural projects, sketches of interior design, and unique photographs related to the most significant creations of Shchusev in the field of the temple and civil architecture in Moscow - the Marfo-Mariinsky Cloister, and the Kazansky railway station.
The Tretyakov Gallery carefully restored many sketches over the past decade and had been exhibited them for the first time. The graphic works of the master presented in the same space with the works of famous artists of the modern era, also involved in these projects: A.N. Benois, Z.E. Serebryakova, M.V. Dobuzhinsky, B.M. Kustodieva, E.E. Lansere, and M.V. Nesterov.
Project version of the new building (right wing) of the State Tretyakov Gallery in Lavrushinsky Lane, 1923
PROJECT OF THE POKROVSKY TEMPLE OF THE Marfo-Mariinskaya Cloister, WEST FACADE, 1908
PROJECT OF THE tabernacle for POKROVSKY TEMPLE OF THE Marfo-Mariinskaya Cloister, 1911
PROJECT OF THE POKROVSKY TEMPLE OF THE Marfo-Mariinskaya Cloister. NORTHERN FACADE, 1908
A.V. Shchusev, M.V. Nesterov. Deesis. Template for the top of the Royal Doors. POKROVSKY TEMPLE OF THE Marfo-Mariinskaya Cloister, 1908–1909
Project of the zodiac clock for the Kazansky railway station. Perspective, 1914-1918
Project of the Kazansky railway station building with a clock tower, 1912
Sketch of the Kazansky railway station building. The main facade on the side of Komsomolskaya Square, 1911
Sketch of the Kazansky railway station building. Fragment, Perspective, 1912
Interior for the lobby of the 3rd class of the Kazansky railway station, 1914–1915
Interior for the waiting room of the 1st-2nd classes of the Kazansky railway station, 1915
AKKADA OF THE INTERNAL COURTYARD OF THE KAZANSKY RAILWAY STATION ROYAL PAVILION, 1914-1916
Zinaida Serebryakova. "Peoples of the East" sketch for the hall of the Kazansky railway station restaurant. Siam, 1916
Zinaida Serebryakova. "Peoples of the East" sketch for the hall of the Kazansky railway station restaurant. India, 1916
Eugene Lanceray. "Russia Connects Europe and Asia" sketch of the ceiling for the Kazansky railway station restaurant hall, 1920
