The State Russian Museum / The Benois Wing ANDREI RYABUSHKIN
The works by Andrei Ryabushkin (1861-1904) from the collections of the Russian museum, the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Scientific-Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts, the National Pushkin Museum, the Pskov Historical, Architectural and Art Museum Complex and private collections are presented at the exhibition.
In the exposition there are shown such well-known paintings as: "The Moscow Street of the 17th Century on the Red-Letter Day", "The Merchant's Family in the 17th Century", "The Wedding Procession in Moscow (17th Century)", "Funny Boys of Peter I in a Bar", "They are Coming", "The Moscow Girl of the 17th Century", graphic works and watercolor from different periods.
Andrei Ryabushkin is known for his paintings on historical and everyday topics from the life of early Rus, specifically from the 17th century. He painted genre-pictures about peasant-life, portraits, landscapes, worked as book illustrator and made studies for monumental church paintings.
In 1875-1882 Andrei Ryabushkin studied in Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture by Vasiliy Perov, in 1882-1890 - in Academy of Arts by Pavel Chestyakov. In the 1890-s he journed a lot through Russia (Borisoglebsk, Tula, Orel, Uglich, Yaroslavl, Rostov, Kostroma, Nizhnij Novgorod). He took part at the exibitions of the Itinerants fellowship, Society of painters of historical paintings (1895),"World of art" (1898-1900), Association of Russian painters (1903), "36 painters" (1901, 1903).
Vyacheslav Pakulin: Searching for the Style of an Era
9 december 2021—7 march 2022
Vyacheslav Pakulin, endowed with a unique, striking talent, in 1920s and 1930s was caught up by the search for a "great style", paying tribute to the common aspirations of many artists of the post-revolutionary period. The first personal exhibition of the artist in the Russian Museum is aimed to fully present his searches and discoveries in the field of painting, graphics and theatrical art.
17 november 2021—10 march 2022
The exhibition, for the first time, comprises works of famous and lesser-known masters, in whose art different sides of the ideas of cosmism, clearly manifested in Russian science and philosophy, are reflected.
- 13 november 2021—14 february 2022 > St Michael’s Castle I Am Dostoevsky. To the 200th Anniversary of the Writer’s Birth
- 9 september—6 december 2021 > Stroganov Palace Pavel Stroganov: Italian Journey
The collection of masterpieces, chosen by the Russian Museum will allow you to make a first impression of the collection of the Russian Museum.
Russian Museum - one of the world's largest museums and is perhaps the only country where such a full treasure of national culture are presented.
Virtual tour of the museum complex. 2009 (Rus., Eng., Ger., Fin.)
In the online shop of the Russian Museum presented a huge range of souvenirs, illustrated editions and multimedia disks.
