Dreams of Freedom: Romanticism in Russia and Germany
The international exhibition project on Romanticism in Russia and Germany is now on show at the Tretyakov Gallery, the main museum of Russian national art.
Maksim Vorobyov, Oak Struck by Lightening (1842)
The dramatic landscape painting of a tree struck by lightning is an expression of the artist s personal tragedy. Russian 19th-century landscape painter Maksim Vorobyov was chronically depressed after the early death of his beloved wife.
Caspar David Friedrich, Two Men Contemplating the Moon (1819/20)
One of the Dresden Albertinum museum s outstanding works is on display in Moscow for the first time. Two men look into the distance, into the cosmos, which also allows them to peer into their inner selves. The different trees are interpreted as a Christian metaphor: Bare trees symbolize death, evergreens stand for eternal life.