Lubennikov received his education in the workshop of monumental painting by Claudia Tutevol at the Moscow State Art Institute named after V.I. Surikov. Among his most famous monumental projects are the decoration of the V.V. Mayakovsky State Museum, the Moscow metro stations Sretensky Boulevard, Slavyansky Boulevard and Mayakovskaya, as well as the stained glass «Chicken Ryaba» at the Madeleine metro station in Paris.
But Lubennikov gained real national fame as a painter. He created his own unique handwriting, masterfully combining techniques of modern and classical art, foreign and Russian painting. His canvases are distinguished by his masterful work with space, witty plots and metaphor hidden behind the external simplicity. The artist painted epic landscapes, female images, portraits and still lifes, felt by the broad soul of the Russian people.
The exhibition is dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the master and presents the best paintings of the artist. The exhibition will showcase how works from The Tretyakov Gallery (for example, «Self—portrait with a Dog», 2011) and other museums, as well as rarely exhibited paintings from private collections — «Autumn» (2001), «Life goes on» (2011), «Grace» (2015) and «Girl and Unicorn» (2017).
