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| Name | | May. Kamergersky lane |
| Price, USD | | 1200.00 |
| Status | | For sale, check |
| Seller | | Russian Art Gallery |
| Size, cm
| | 70.0 x 60.0 cm /switch |
| Artist | | Vladimir Kachanov |
| Year made | | 1981-01-01 |
| Edition | | Original |
| Style | |
Realism |
| Theme | |
Landscape |
| Media | |
Oil on canvas |
| Collection | |
Moscow/Moskva |
| Description | |
Now let us return to Tverskaya and walk along the other side. To the right is Kamergersky Lane (in Soviet times - Arts Theatre Passage). It was named in the 18th century after the rank of its owner - gentleman-in-attendance (kamerger) Streshnev. No. 3 was originally a mansion built in the early 19th century, but it is now occupied by the Chekhov Moscow Arts Theatre (MKhAT).
In June 1897 this was the venue for the famous meeting between Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko, in which they agreed to establish a new Arts Theatre for the general public. This new enterprise demanded massive financial investment, and their scheme touched a chord in Sawa Morozov, the industrialist and patron of the arts.
In October 1898 the premiere of A. Tolstoy's play Tsar Fyodor Ioanovich was staged at the Hermitage Theatre on Karetny Ryad Street. The play starts with the words: 'This is my greatest hope,' which was symbolic of the activities of the new-theatre. The company's main aim was to promote patriotism, vitality and naturalness in the actors' performances. Morozov was a devoted supporter of the theatre, and in 1902 he rented the building on Kamergersky Lane for the theatre from the merchant Lyanozov.
The architect Shekhtel was another admirer of the theatre, and he undertook its reconstruction in the modernist style, not charging a penny for his efforts. All the rooms of the building were decorated with elegant simplicity and taste in tranquil, warming tones. Remarkable feature of the new structure was the revolving stage whose mechanism meant that scene changes could be carried out very quickly. Electric lights glowed above the entrances, and the right porchway was decorated with The Swimmer, a high relief by the sculptor Anna Golubkina. The opening ceremony took place on 25 October 1902. The stage has been graced with the perfor mances of Stanislavsky, Nemirovich-Danchenko, Andreyeva, and Knipper-Chekhova. The building was completely renovated in 1987.
During Stalin's reconstruction of Tverskaya, the Hotel Dresden was incorporated within a large, new block of flats built at No. 6, and itself used as apartments from then on. It had been one of the most famous hotels in pre-Revolutionary Moscow, and numbered among its guests the surgeon Pirogoy the writers Turgenev, Nekrasov, Ostrovsky and Chekhov, and the composer Schumann. In 1916 the painter Surikov spent his last days here.
In the last century a tailoring firm 'Georges' was located in the basement of this building, whose owner was renowned throughout Moscow for his skills as a cutter and tailor of trousers. The trousers he made were instantly recognisable by the elegance of their cut. and he had the ability to conceal inadequacies in a client's figure. If a tailor was employed at Georges it was a sign that he had reached the summit of his profession. There was also a saying about people who had made a fast rise in the world - 'from rags to Georges' breeches'. Rags in this context meant clothing bought from tailors near Zaryadye and Khitrovskv market, who re-sewed stolen clothes and sold them on. |
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