Exhibition 'Russian Art from the 16th to the Early 20th Century'

About exhibition

The permanent exhibition begins with two memorial rooms dedicated to the life and work of the founder of the Ekaterinodar Art Gallery, F. A. Kovalenko, and to R. K. Voytsik, who headed the museum from 1925 to 1931. The Hall of Old Russian Painting (16th–early 18th centuries) features icons of the Novgorod and Moscow schools of the 16th–early 18th centuries, the so-called 'northern paintings.' Visitors can then see well-known works by the outstanding portraitists V. L. Borovikovsky, I.-B. Lampi, and Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun. The hall of the first half of the 19th century presents the brilliant 'Italian Woman' by I. K. Makarov, 'Portrait of Captain Glebov-Streshnev' by V. A. Tropinin, 'Italian Landscape' by S. S. Shchedrin, 'Sea Battle' by I. K. Aivazovsky, and other works of the Romantic era. Art of the second half of the 19th century is represented by a historical canvas by V. E. Savinsky, picturesque landscapes by V. D. Polenov and I. I. Levitan, and portraits by V. I. Surikov and V. G. Perov. The turn-of-the-century period introduces visitors to the work of artists from the associations 'Mir Iskusstva' (World of Art), 'Union of Russian Artists', 'Blue Rose', and 'Jack of Diamonds'.