The Presidential Library’s video lecture to portray Russian icon painter Andrei Rublev

On November 2, 2023 at 14:00 Moscow time a lecture dedicated to the icon painter Andrei Rublev will be held in the Presidential Library as part of the video lecture Knowledge of Russia.

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts and the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences Oleg Ulyanov will give a lecture “Andrei Rublev and his “Trinity”: speculation in colors”.

There is no more famous or less famous personality in the history of the Russian state than the Reverend Andrei Rublev. Today his works are accepted as the standard of ancient Russian art. In ancient manuscripts he is called an ascetic and a seer of God “who surpasses all in wisdom”. For several centuries in a row, he has been steadily followed by the glory of the first icon painter in Rus', whose icons became famous as miraculous.

The chronicle information about the master that has reached us is full of gaps and contradictions: only in recent years, after much debate among historians, it has become possible to determine the exact date of death of the reverend monk of the Moscow Spaso-Andronikov Monastery Andrei Rublev, “who painted icons of saints in abundance”. The icon painter died on October 17 (October 30, new style) 1428. 2023 marks the 595th anniversary of the death of Andrei Rublev, not only a world-famous artist, but also an outstanding personality, the mystery of whose descendants have been trying to understand for so many years.

It is significant that his main creation, the miraculous icon of the Life-Giving Trinity, painted in praise of St. Sergius of Radonezh, was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 2023 by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.

The video lecture is free. The meeting will be broadcast on the Presidential Library’s portal in Live broadcasts section in accordance with the program of live events, as well as on the institution’s Rutube-channel, on the social networks VKontakte and Odnoklassniki.

Accreditation of media representatives is until 12:00 November 4, 2023

Please forward applications for accreditation following the attached form marked Media Accreditation at media@prlib.ru, dyatko@prlib.ru Olga Dyatko, tel.: (812) 305-16-21, ext. 190; mob. +7 (900) 658-48-32.

The letter should contain the full name, date and place of birth, passport data (series, number, place of registration), a list of carry-on equipment, contact phone numbers, the name of the media.

We draw the attention of the media representatives that it is necessary to forward applications for accreditation and arrive at the event in advance.

Entrance to the Presidential Library is carried out only by prior registration and upon showing a passport: for media representatives - through entrance № 2, participants and guests of the event - through entrance № 1.

In order to reduce risks of the spread of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), the use of personal protective equipment during the event is mandatory for all attendees.