A.O.Orlovsky (1777-1832)

14 November 2002—17 February 2003

A personal exhibition of Alexander Osipovich Orlovsky is devoted to the 225th anniversary of his birth and 170th anniversary of the artist's death. A.Orlovsky is one of the most brilliant and typical representatives of the art of Romanticism. Being an outstanding graphic artist, a master of lithography (he was the author of the first Russian artistic lithography), and a painter, he worked in different genres and chose various themes and means, which was typical for artists of Romanticism. The artists had worked in Russia since 1802. He was on the service of the grand prince Konstantin Pavlovich and lived in his residence, the Marble Palace. Here he spend the most fruitful and rich in artistic explorations years of his life. Therefore, the exhibition devoted to creative work of A.Orlovsky is situated in the Marble Palace. More than 130 works of graphics and paintings from depositories of the Russian museum will be exhibited. And portraits of A.N.Olenin, Ch.Kameron, D.Kvarengi, L.-A.Dupor, as well as portrait series of Tomilovys and Lanskiyes, caricatures and grotesques, landscapes, genre drawings, and illustrations for fables of I.A.Krylov will be among them.

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For the Glory of Russia. Entrepreneurs and Patrons in Russia in the 18th – Early 20th Centuries

6 June—5 August 2024

Merchants, the “third estate”, at that time, were the basis of Russia’s economic power. The Stroganovs, the Demidovs and other entrepreneurs sometimes established entire “empires” with their own settlements, roads and internal regulations. The richest merchants became nobles and patrons of the arts. The exhibition is unique, both in the themes it explores and in the works it presents.

Masterpieces from Taganrog Rescued at the Russian Museum

24 April—13 May 2024

In July 2023, an explosion in the city centre of Taganrog damaged several artworks at the Golden Names of the Silver Age exhibition in the Taganrog Art Museum. The Russian Museum offered immediate support with the restoration of 22 art pieces. During the restoration, which lasted over 6 months, the staff of the Russian Museum not only eliminated the mechanical damage that the art objects had received at the time of the explosion, but also completely restored all 22 masterpieces, revealing their original appearance and artistic concept.

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21 March—8 July 2024 > St Michael’s Castle Drawings and Watercolours by the Wanderers
15 March—13 May 2024 > Mikhailovsky Palace Mstislav Farmakovsky. 150th Anniversary of the Artist’s Birth

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