Isaak Brodsky1883–1939Ночь
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Ночь” now? Collection: Rostov Regional Fine Arts Museum, Rostov-on-Don. Unknown.
Rostov-on-Don, Russia
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Museum text in Russian
Ночной городской пейзаж с каналом на первом плане, в воде которого отражаются огни ярко освещенных домов на набережной с оживленным движением. Слева внизу подпись: И.Бродский 1915 год.
Rostov Regional Fine Arts Museum
Details
- Accession number
- Ж-265
In the catalog
Sources
- The State Catalogue of the Museum Fund of Russia
- Image: Rostov Regional Fine Arts Museum — © Ростовский областной музей изобразительных искусств · Госкаталог музейного фонда РФ
In the life of Isaak Brodsky
The whole life1905–1914
Exhibits with the Society of South Russian Artists
From 1905 to 1914 he takes part in the exhibitions of the Society of South Russian Artists; he becomes a member in 1910.
1913
Gold medal in Munich for “Winter in the Provinces”
At the International Exhibition in Munich he is awarded a gold medal for his painting “Winter in the Provinces”.
1916
Joins the Jewish Society for the Encouragement of the Arts
In 1916 he joins the Jewish Society for the Encouragement of the Arts.
after October 1917
Becomes a portraitist of the new order
Accepting the Bolsheviks’ rise to power, he quickly emerges as a portraitist of the nascent new order. After the revolution he takes part in exhibitions of the Peredvizhniki, the Community of Artists, the Kuindzhi Society, the Sixteen group, the “First Free Exhibition” and the “Exhibition of Artists of All Trends”.
summer 1917
Invited to paint Kerensky’s portrait
Together with Ilya Repin he is invited to paint A. F. Kerensky; by the master’s own account, the life drawing stayed in the Winter Palace after the sitting and was lost in the turbulent events that followed.
