Exhibition “Russian Art of the 19th – early 20th centuries”

About exhibition

The permanent exhibition features little-known works of fine art by well-known Russian masters. Their scholarly and artistic significance is indisputable. The early works date from the first third of the 19th century; these are painted portraits by unknown authors. The second half of the 19th century is represented by masters of the academic landscape painting of the St. Petersburg school, including A. I. Meshchersky, L. F. Lagorio, A. S. Yegornov, and Yu. Yu. Klever. The work of the Wanderers (Peredvizhniki) artists G. G. Myasoedov, P. A. Bryullov, and N. N. Dubovsky is represented in the exhibition by a biblical scene of Mary Magdalene and by landscapes. The Moscow school of painting of the late 19th – early 20th centuries is represented by realistic landscapes and genre compositions by L. V. Turzhansky, A. P. Ryabushkin, Kh. P. Platonov, and A. V. Moravov. The exhibition comprises 34 paintings and 9 small sculptural works: bas-reliefs by F. P. Tolstoy and sculptural compositions by E. A. Lansere, I. Ya. Ginzburg, and V. Ya. Grachev. The exhibition is organized on a chronological principle, helping to reveal the development of Russian visual art from the beginning of the 19th century to 1915.