History of Russia: The project “Chroniclers of the military glory” opens in Orel to the 70th anniversary of its liberation from Nazi invaders

August 1, 2013 in the halls of the Regional exhibition center of the city of Orel opens the exhibition of works by artists of the M. B. Grekov studio (Moscow).  The project “Chroniclers of the military glory” is timed to the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Orel from Nazi invaders.

The exhibition “Chroniclers of the military glory” presents citizens and guests of the city art images, telling of glory and valor of our soldiers. Paintings reflect remarkable pages of the military history of our country: the Patriotic War of 1812 and the Great Patriotic War. Visitors of the exhibition will be able to see both modern works and works of studio classics. The important place in the exposition is devoted to the theme of a modern army.

The M. B. Grekov studio, founded in 1934, is a unique creative team, which employs representatives of rare profession - military artists. Each year, the Studio artists perform more than 100 works of art on military-historical themes, which are then transferred to a permanent storage in museums and institutions of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. The leading direction in the studio is panoramic diorama-art. During the existence of the studio the artists created more than 70 panoramas and dioramas, starting with the first Soviet panorama “Battle of Stalingrad”, ending the cycle of 6 dioramas at the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War on Poklonnaya Hill. 

The exhibition in Orel will run till September 1.