Online project of the exhibition “Viktor Matorin. Images of Russian History in Painting. XXI Century”

From November 10, 2022 to January 29, 2023 the Presidential Library’s exhibition halls hosted the exhibition “Viktor Matorin. Images of Russian History in Painting. XXI Century". It was based on an online project of the same name.

Viktor Viktorovich Matorin (b. 1971) is a recognized master of historical and landscape painting. The artist gives classes at the Ilya Glazunov Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. He works at the Moscow State United Museum-Reserve and is the curator of the traveling exhibition project "Attraction of Realism". Viktor Matorin’s works are dedicated to understanding the historical past: the themes of his paintings are the events of the military and political history of Russia and their heroes. The Internet project presents digital images of the most significant historical paintings of the artist: "Holy Blessed Great Moscow Prince Dmitry Donskoy", "Khan Mamai", "Strike of the Ambush Regiment", "Battle on the Ice" and etc., as well as the works dedicated to historical monuments in Izmailovo - the royal residence of the XVII century.