The State Russian Museum / The Mikhailovsky Palace EXHIBITION OF ARTWORKS BY SERGEY KOVALYOV
In addition to the Imperial Gardens of Russia Festival the Russian Museum organized the one-man exhibition of the artist Sergey Kovalyov dedicated to flowers.
Sergey Kovalyov (he was born in 1919) is the chief designer of underwater cruiser of strategic purpose, full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, doctor of engineering sciences, twice hero of Socialist Labour, laureate of the State Prizes of the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation. From 2007 he is the full member of the Academy of Arts. He is also the honorary member of the Union of Russian Artists. He became to paint professionally very late.
The favorite genres of Sergey Kovalyov in painting are landscape and still-life. He depicts the Northern nature, nature of the Leningrad region, beautiful places of Saint Petersburg in various seasons and at any time of day.
Sergey Kovalyov has the two one-man exhibitions in 1999 – in the Neptune International Business Centre and in the Blue Living-Room of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists, and participates in four exhibitions on different areas (1999-2004).
14 september—20 november 2017
The exhibition at the Russian Museum is aimed to present for the first time the complicated and multifaceted situation of the first decades of XX century. The exhibition will comprise around 100 artworks accompanied by the historical documents and literary materials by the poets and writers of that period.
17 august—20 november 2017
The exhibition will present the propaganda art of the first years after the 1917 Revolution. The agitation art of this time was truly mass and embracing different aspects of everyday life. The core part of the exhibition is the production of the Decorative Institute which functioned in Petrograd-Leningrad in 1918-1926.
- 16 august—13 november 2017 > St Michael’s Castle Arkady Rylov. 1870–1939
- 10 august 2017—4 february 2018 > Russian Museum Posters and Photos of the Revolutionary Era
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.
