Uladzimir Kudrevich’s pictorial palette is a rich one: while the lyrical motifs of Belarusian nature are the most evident in his work, in the 1930s a new theme, human labour, gained prominence in the master’s thematic range.
His daughter Raisa Kudrevich (1919–2000), Honoured Artist of the BSSR (1968) and People’s Artist of Belarus (1999), is considered a master of multi-figure composition, landscape and still life.
The artist’s son Uladzimir Kudrevich (junior) (1927–2003), Honoured Artist of the BSSR (1976), continued his father’s early theatrical pursuits, becoming a prominent stage, film and radio actor.
The exhibition “The Kudrevich Family. Devoted to Art” will introduce the audience to the artistic legacy of a family crucial to the development of Belarusian national art.
The exhibition presents works from the collections of the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus, the National Centre for Contemporary Arts of the Republic of Belarus, the Belarusian State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War, the Belarusian Union of Artists, the Pavel Maslenikau Magiliou Regional Art Museum, and from a private collection. The photographs are provided by the Yanka Kupala National Academic Theatre and the Belarusian State Archive of Film, Photo and Sound Documents.
The exhibition will be on display until 13 January, 2025.
Exhibition curator: Palina Harashchenia, junior researcher at the Research and Funds Department of the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus, co-curator: Natallia Burakouskaya, researcher at the Research and Funds Department of the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus