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).
Nicholas Roerich. In Search of Shambala
12 november 2020—8 march 2021
The exhibition displays the works of Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947) - a world-famous artist, one of the leading masters of Russian art of the first half of the 20th century. The exhibition will feature about 80 paintings from the Russian Museum collection, as well as several graphic works.
Gifts to the Russian Museum from Artists and Collectors. Selected Works. 1898–2019
29 july 2020—25 january 2021
To mark the 125th anniversary of the Russian Museum, such an exhibition will be shown in all of its palaces, bringing together items of different epochs and donors, including the imperial family (Alexander III, Nicholas II, Grand Dukes), famous patrons of the arts and many others. General sponsor of the exhibition - VTB Bank.
- 28 december 2020—10 may 2021 > Stroganov Palace The Leningrad Rock Club in Photographs. Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Its Opening
- 16 december 2020—30 march 2021 > Marble Palace The Light of Learning: Publishing and Educational Posters from the Collection of the Russian Museum
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.
