Mikhas Seuruk (1905–1979) is a Belarusian artist, painter, graphic artist, the author of genre compositions, portraits and landscapes. However, he is best known for his extensive work on the theme of Belarusian peasant life. The artist interpreted the theme in an idyllic manner, putting it into the compositional and colour formulas of the Renaissance. Although historical vicissitudes divided his work into Vilna and Nyasvizh periods, the focus on classical art remained. Mikhas Seuruk idealized peasant life, which appears as a transformed myth of Arcadia existing in the inviolable and traditional Belarusian peasant world.
Mikhas Seuruk’s wide panorama of works will be on display for the first time in 45 years. The exhibition will present the artist’s works which have never been exhibited, new scientific discoveries on the artist’s work and life, as well as new attributions of his works.
The exhibition will present over 120 paintings and graphic works from the collections of the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus, the Nyasvizh Museum of History and Local Lore, the Belarusian Union of Artists and private collections, as well as a number of rare archival photos from the Belarusian State Archive-Museum of Literature and Art and the Nyasvizh Museum of History and Local Lore.
The exhibition will run until January 14, 2026.
The exhibition curator is Yulia Lisai, a leading researcher at the Foreign Art Department of the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus, Master of Fine Art
