Artist Lev Ivanovich Kil

This publication is an album -catalog of the exhibition "Lev Ivanovich Kil: profession - military, vocation - artist." Prepared by the State Museum A.S. Pushkin, with the participation of the largest artistic, historical and literary museums, archives and libraries of Russia, the state art meetings of Dresden and private collectors, the project continues the cycle of exhibitions and publications telling about the work of masters of the chamber portrait of the first half of the 19th century.
diverse in the genre, manner of execution and work technique of L.I. Kil (1789-1851) first gathered together: picturesque originals and engravings of the famous military suite, capturing the Russian army, defeating Napoleon’s troops, battal scenes , landscapes and watercolor portraits of members of the royal family, acquaintances and contemporaries of A. S. Pushkin, cartoons and sketches.
A wonderful visual material, which is of undoubted value for both historians and everyone who is interested in the art of this heroic era, is supplemented by detailed annotations, as well as articles containing previously little-known details of the life of the artist officer