Ilya Glazunov1930–2017Бессонница
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Ilya Glazunov Art Gallery
Moscow, Russia
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the painting
In the museum's own words — in Russian
Изображено окно, переплет которого напоминает крест, слева пустая птичья клетка с открытой дверцей.
Ilya Glazunov Art Gallery
Particulars
- Accession number
- Ж-43
In the catalog
Sources
- The State Catalogue of the Museum Fund of Russia · fetched 8 days ago
- Image: Ilya Glazunov Art Gallery — © Московская государственная картинная галерея Ильи Глазунова · Госкаталог музейного фонда РФ
Meanwhile, in the life of Ilya Glazunov
The whole life1970s
Speaks out against the General Plan for rebuilding Moscow
With like-minded people he compiled an album on “old” Moscow and the losses it had suffered; he and the composer Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov managed to gather the signatures of scientists and cultural figures under a letter to the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee. The general plan, put on display at the Manege, was criticised and withdrawn, and a public council was set up at the Moscow Main Architectural and Planning Directorate, without whose decision historic buildings could not be demolished.
1977
Exhibition including “The Roads of War” is closed
The exhibition that included the painting “The Roads of War” was closed on the grounds that it “contradicted Soviet ideology”.
1978
Heads the portrait studio at the Surikov Institute
From 1978 he led the portrait studio at the Surikov Moscow Art Institute.
1979
People’s Artist of the RSFSR
The title was awarded for services to Soviet fine art.
1979
Honorary member of the academies of fine arts of Madrid and Barcelona
He becomes an honorary member of the Royal Academies of Fine Arts of Madrid and Barcelona.
