Kruglikova spent her creative life in two worlds – Paris and Russia. She became an important figure in the art environment of the French capital in the early XX century: she taught etching techniques to her compatriots, and her studio was one of the cultural centers in the Russian Paris. Since the 1920s, Kruglikova was the leader of the Leningrad etching school and taught etching in the Academy of Arts. Her help was sought for by major masters of the graphic arts as well as talented young people.

Apart from engraving, the artist applied an old silhouette technique and created a large gallery of portraits of Russian writers, artists and party leaders for the 30 years of her artwork. She did not only not only make the silhouette popular but also gave impulse to the further development and reconsideration of this kind of art. Monotyping, a sort of printing graphics invented in the first half of the XVII century in Italy, was unknown in Russia and it was thanks to Kruglikova that it became a common practice among artists.

The exhibition will acquaint viewers with engraving artist and etching master Elizaveta Kruglikova and artists of her circle, her friends and pupils: M.A. Voloshin, A.S. Golubkina, I.S. Yefimov, N.Y. Simonovich-Yefimova, M.V. Dobuzhinsky, G.S. Vereisky, M.V. Nesterov and others. Six halls will display over 200 works from the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, its branches and private collections: prints, drawings and watercolors, paintings, sculptures and figurines, silhouettes and monotyping pieces that show the variety of the artistic life inspired by the artist.