The State Russian Museum / The Marble Palace ARON BUKH
The exhibition of the Moscow painter Aron Bukh (1923 — 2006) is the first demonstration of his works in Saint-Petersburg and one of the largest posthumous exibitions of the master. The exposition includes the paintings of the earliest and latest periods of his life, that come from
the collection of the «Expo-88» gallery and private collections.
At the exhibition will be presented all genres of painting, which the master worked with: still life, landscape, «city fantasy», nudes, self-portraits. The components of the Aron Bukh?s unique style are the bright palette of the clear colours and the pastose manner of painting. The works of the mature period are characterized by energetic unruly of the colours, that are put with courageous dabs. Bukh painted, as if he maid a sculpture, he used no palette, didn?t mix the paints on canvas, he applied them with wide brush, with palette knife, with flat brush, with hands. Sometimes the painting contains ten sheets. On the exhibition will be shown three lifetime films about Aron Bukh. They give the unique opportunity to see the work of the painter with the canvas.
The exhibition is organized by the gallery «Expo-88».
The video about Aron Bukh you can see here.
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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.
- 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
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.
