BGAMLI Participates in the Presentation of the Exhibition «Instead of a Thousand Words»

On January 15, 2026, staff of the Belarusian State Archives and Museum of Literature and Art (hereinafter referred to as BGAMLI) took part in the opening of the exhibition «Instead of a Thousand Words», dedicated to the 95th anniversary of Natalia Nikolaevna Poplavskaya and the 95th anniversary of Georgy Georgievich Poplavsky. The exhibition was organized by the National Library of Belarus jointly with the Union of Artists of Belarus and the artist’s daughter, Ekaterina Georgievna Poplavskaya.

People’s Artist of Belarus Georgy Poplavsky is the recipient of dozens of international and state awards, a prominent artist of the 1960s, one of the first authors of the «hard style», a book illustrator, and writer who traveled half the world and created a series of works about his travels. In his work, Georgy Poplavsky explored many themes, one of the main ones being the Great Patriotic War. A number of works were devoted to space, Belarusian history, modern times, the Chernobyl disaster, and others.

N.N.Poplavskaya, an artist, graphic artist, illustrator, co-author, muse, and colleague of Georgy Georgievich, was awarded a diploma and the Francysk Skarina Medal. Natalya Nikolaevna’s book and easel paintings are dedicated to folklore, the uniqueness of Belarusian culture, and nature, embodied in a fairytale-like and poetic interpretation of folk life and united by a subtle sense of style.

The exhibition «Instead of a Thousand Words» presents cycles and individual easel paintings by members of a dynasty of outstanding artists.

During a meeting between M.I.Pishinskaya, Head of the Department of Organizational Archives and Formation of the National Archival Fund, and E.G.Poplavskaya, an agreement was reached to further enrich the National Archival Fund of the Republic of Belarus with her parents’ documents.

1. BGAMLI staff with E.G.Poplavskaya at the presentation of the exhibition «Instead of a Thousand Words»

2. BGAMLI staff at the exhibition «Instead of a Thousand Words»

3. At the presentation of the exhibition at the National Library of Belarus

4. Speech by E.G.Poplavskaya