Family Portrait
October 15 the exhibition “Family portrait” opens at the Murmansk Municipal Art Museum. The exhibition comprises around 50 artworks from the collection of the Russian Museum among which are paintings, drawings and examples of applied art by such prominent masters as V. Borovikovsky, I. Khrutsky, F. Tolstoy, B. Kustodiev, K. Petrov-Vodkin, P. Filonov, D. Zhilinsky, V. Popkov. The visitors will be acquainted with the development of the family portrait genre in the Russian art through the ages. The works will be on display till December 11.
Military Parades: Porcelain and Watercolour
15 December 2023—19 February 2024
The exhibition is dedicated to a hundred-year-old tradition of producing decorative “military plates” depicting imperial army uniforms. Besides plates, the exhibition includes drawings and lithographs that served as sources or preliminary studies for paintings by such famous artists of the “uniform” genre.
Vasily Surikov. 175th Anniversary of the Artist's Birth
1 December 2023—13 May 2024
This grandiose exhibition of the celebrated painter Vasily Surikov (1848–1916) is timed to coincide with the 175th anniversary of his birth. The exhibition presents over 120 paintings and graphic works by Surikov from the museums in St Petersburg, Moscow and Krasnoyarsk, including the famous historical paintings Yermak Conquering Siberia, Taking a Snow Town, Suvorov Crossing the Alps, Stepan Razin, Boyarynya Morozova (Tretyakov Gallery) and Menshikov in Beryozovo (Tretyakov Gallery), portraits, paintings on religious subjects, watercolours and fine examples of book illustrations.
- 1 December 2023—13 May 2024 > Benois Wing Vasily Surikov. 175th Anniversary of the Artist's Birth
- 20 October—18 December 2023 > Mikhailovsky Palace Ivan Tvorozhnikov (1848–1919)
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.
