Unique exhibition of Dutch orientalist Marius Bauer to open at Tatarstan State Museum of Fine Arts

Museum’s director, Rozalia Nurgaleeva, said at a news conference at Tatar-inform on Tuesday that negotiations about the project had been held the year before. “The negotiations with our Dutch counterparts resulted in this project. This exhibition will not simply be presented in Kazan. Marius Bauer was an orientalist. He immersed himself in the world of the East from the very moment he first came to Istanbul. The artist showed the life of nations he saw during his journeys with striking accuracy,” R. Nurgaleeva shared.

About 100 paintings, drawings and arts and crafts items by Marius Bauer will be presented during the exhibition. Residents and visitors in Kazan will be able to see them until 9 December.

“You will be surprised when you see the books that he illustrated manually. For instance, he created 1,001 manual illustrations for One Thousand and One Nights. He worked on drawings for the Bible enthusiastically as well, making over 7 thousand of them,” museum’s director added.

The Kazan audience will at the display of Marius Bauer’s works be able to explore the fascinating world of the Middle East, North Africa, India and Indochina, represented by an enlightened European from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.