“Singers of Belarusian Land”
On April 28 at
11 am the exhibition “Singers of
Belarusian Land” will be opened under the Book Year. It is dedicated to the
130th birthdays of the eminent word masters – Yanka Kupala
(1882–1942) and Yakub Kolas (1882–1956) who glorified the native land with the
talent so characteristic of them. The exhibition will present two fine art
portraits from the funds of the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus
which depict the poets. Both paintings (“Yakub Kolas” (1982) and “Yanka Kupala”
(1981) were done by Mikhail Savitsky (1922–2010), a Hero of Belarus, a holder
of the orders of Frantsysk Skoryna and Andrew the First-Called, a people’s
artist of Belarus and the USSR, a member of the National Academy of Sciences of
Belarus, a member of the International Slavonic Academy, a winner of the State
Prize of Belarus (three times) and the USSR, a winner of the Union State prize
for literature and art and other numerous awards. Creative workers, members of
Minsk City Council, students and teachers of Minsk and admirers of the
Belarusian language and the Belarusian art will take part in the exhibition
opening.
