The State Russian Museum / St Michael’s Castle Georg Christoph Grooth and the Time of Elizabeth Petrovna
Epoch of Empress Elizaveta (Elizabeth) Petrovna is one of the periods of Russian history that are usually estimated as controversial. On the other hand, this was the time of bright flourishing of Russian culture and rich development of architecture, painting, graphic arts as well as art collecting, initiated by Peter the Great and continued by his daughter Elizaveta. The exhibition in St. Michaels’ Castle will present more than 150 art pieces by various artists that were active during the time of her magnificent reign. The core part of the exhibition is formed with the works by Georg Christoph Grooth (1716-1749) – one of the most prominent representatives of the rossika art (works of foreign authors who worked in Russia), whose 300th Anniversary is celebrated in 2016.
Georg Christoph Grooth has become the founder of the Russian portrait school of the Modernity. He has considerably influenced the formation of the leading Russian painters such as Alexei Antropov, Dmitry Levitsky, Fyodor Rokotov. The exhibition will comprise around 150 works of art from the collection of the Russian Museum and several other museums of Russia; among the works on display are 40 paintings by Russian and foreign artists, over 50 graphic pieces and around 60 objects is applied art. The exhibition is organized with participation of the State Hermitage Museum, State Tretyakov Gallery, State Historical Museum, Moscow Kremlin Museums, St. Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music, Russian Academy of Sciences Library, Museum of the History of St. Petersburg, Peterhof State Museum Reserve, Tsarskoe Selo State Museum-Preserve, Gatchina Estate Museum, The State Museum of the Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan, State Museum of the Fine Arts of Nizhny Novgorod, Orel State Museum of the Fine Arts, Tallinn City Museum, Art Museum of Estonia, Narva Museum and private art collectors: Mustafaev N.S. (Moscow), Mironov M.V. (St.Petersburg), Grigoryanz S.I. (Moscow), Karisalov M.Yu. (St.Petersburg), Weizman Yu.I. (Munich)
The Russian Museum expresses gratitude to all institutions and persons who took part in preparing the exhibition.
The exhibition is supported by Sistema Charitable Foundation.
From Peter the Great to Elizabeth Petrovna
1 June—23 September 2024
This exhibition, unique in its scale, covers the period from the death of Peter the Great to the accession to the throne of his daughter Elizabeth Petrovna (1725–1742). The main events of the internal Russian life in the time of struggle for Peter the Great’s legacy shown on the material from the collections of 21 museums, including State Hermitage Museum, the State Historical Museum, the Moscow Kremlin Museums, the Tretyakov Gallery, the Museum of the History of St Petersburg, the Peterhof State Museum and Reserve, the Pavlovsk State Museum, the Arkhangelskoye State Museum and Reserve and others.
Master of Painting. 325th Anniversary of Ivan Vishnyakov’s Birth
26 April—1 July 2024
Ivan Vishnyakov is one of the leading artist of the 18th century, portraitist, mural painter, restorer and teacher. However, not much of the artist’s vast legacy, the result of thirty years of untiring creative activity, has survived to the present day. All the more valuable are the eleven surviving portraits in the collections of the Russian Museum, the Tretyakov Gallery, the Museum of Vasily Tropinin and Moscow Artists of His Time, art museums in Tver and Rybinsk, and the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus.
- 15 March—13 May 2024 > Mikhailovsky Palace Mstislav Farmakovsky. 150th Anniversary of the Artist’s Birth
- 21 February—13 May 2024 > Benois Wing Anna Golubkina (1864–1927). 160th 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.
