The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. Guide

178 Pages·2016·43.685 MB·English

THE STATE
R U S S I A N
M U S E U M

THE STATE
RUSSIAN
MUSEUM
Guide
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P - 2 PUBLISHERS
ST. PETERSBURG, 2016

Introduction by
Vladimir Gusev
Texts:
V. Gusev, E. Petrova
OLD RUSSIAN ICON-PAINTING. 12th - 17th CENTURIES:
T. Vilinbakhova
18TH-CENTURY PAINTING:
S. Moiseyeva
SCULPTURE OF THE 18th - 19th CENTURIES:
E. Karpova
PAINTING OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY:
S. Moiseyeva, E. Shilova
PAINTING OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY:
P. Klimov, G. Krechina, S. Krivondenchikov, V. Kruglov,
E. Shilova
PAINTING OF THE LATE 19th - EARLY 20th CENTURIES:
I. Verkhovskaya, P. Klimov, G. Krechina, V. Kruglov, N. Solomatina,
Yu. Solonovich, T. Chudinovskaya, L. Shakirova, E. Shilova,
SOVIET PAINTING:
A. Dmitrenko, T. Chudinovskaya
Museum's Branches
THE MARBLE PALACE:
E. Kochetova
THE STROGANOV PALACE:
S. Kuznetsov
THE MIKHAILOVSKY CASTLE:
Yu. Kuzmina
THE SUMMER GARDENS:
N. Kareyeva
Designed by
A. Lobanov
SECOND REVISED EDITION
Cl State Russian Museum, 2009
C P-2 Publishers, St. Petersburg, 2016
0 A.V. lovanov: make-up and design, 2016
Contents
8
INFORMATION ON THE MUSEUM
13
THE HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM
21
OLD RUSSIAN ICON-PAINTING.
12th - 17th CENTURIES
39
18th-CENTURY PAINTING
53
SCULPTURE OF THE 18th -
19th CENTURIES
63
PAINTING OF THE FIRST HALF
OF THE 19th CENTURY
85
PAINTING OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE
19th AND EARLY 20th CENTURIES
123
PAINTING OF THE 20th CENTURY
IN THE BENOIS BLOCK
155
MUSEUM'S BRANCHES
172
INDEX

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Museum and the Summer
4/2 lnzhenernaya ulitsa. Palace of Peter I 0 Stroganov
TEL.: [phone] TEL.: [phone]. OPEN: Pa pace
OPEN: 10.30 a.m. - 6 p.m. Mondays: 1O a.m. - 4 p.m.; 17 Nevsky Prospekt
CLOSED: Tuesdays Wednesday-Sunday: TEL.: [phone]
Ticket offices are closed 10 a.m. -5 p.m. CLOSED: OPEN: 10.30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
an hour earlier Tuesdays. TRANSPORT: CLOSED: Tuesdays
TRANSPORT: Nevsky Nevsky Prospekt and Gostiny TRANSPORT: Nevsky
Prospekt and Gostiny Dvor Dvor metro stations Prospekt and Gostiny Dvor
metro stations metro stations
O Marble Palace
5/1 Millionnaya ulitsa
8 Mikhailovsky TEL.: [phone] Log Cabin
Castle OPEN: Mondays: 10 a.m. - of Peter the Great
2 Sadovaya ulitsa 4 p.m.; Wednesday - Sunday: Address: 6 Peter Embankment
TEL.: [phone] a.m. - 5 p.m. PHONE: [phone]. OPEN
OPEN: 10.30 a.m. - 6 p.m. CLOSED: Tuesdays DAILY, from 10 am to 6 p.m.
CLOSED: Tuesdays TRANSPORT: Nevsky (on Thursdays, from 1 p.m. to
TRANSPORT: Nevsky Prospekt and Gostiny Dvor 9 p.m.), closed on Tuesdays
Prospekt and Gostiny Dvor metro stations PUBLIC TRANSPORT:
metro stations Gorkovskaya Metro Station