Among the collections of the Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg in Russia are some of the greatest pieces of Russian art in the world.
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The Museum houses collections of sculpture, objets d'art, drawings and paintings including the famous picture gallery.
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edit18th-19th century
edit- The Last Day of Pompeii by Karl Brullov, 1830–33
- The Ninth Wave by Ivan Aivazovsky, 1850
- Barge Haulers on the Volga by Ilya Repin, 1870–1873
- Sadko by Ilya Repin (1876)
- Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks by Ilya Repin, 1880–1891
- Moonlit Night on the Dnieper by Arkhip Kuindzhi, 1880
- The Great Taking of the Veil by Mikhail Nesterov, 1898
- Portrait of Murtaza Kuli Khan by Vladimir Borovikovsky
- The Brazen Serpent by Fyodor Bruni
- Phrine at the Festival of Poseidon at the Eleusinia by Henryk Siemiradzki
- Christ's Appearance to St Mary Magdalene by Alexander Ivanov
- Portrait of Maria Rumyantseva by Aleksey Antropov
- Bogatyr by Viktor Vasnetsov
- Portrait of an Unknown Woman in a Violet Dress by Evgraf Fedorovich Krendovsky
- Last Supper by Nikolai Ge
Modern (19th-20th century)
edit- Ceremonial Sitting of the State Council on 7 May 1901 Marking the Centenary of its Foundation by Ilya Repin, 1903
- Black Circle by Kazimir Malevich
- Red Square by Kazimir Malevich
- Red Cavalry by Kazimir Malevich, 1932
- Portrait of Ivan Pavlov by Mikhail Nesterov, 1930
- Portrait of Jack Hunter by Nicolai Fechin
- Portrait of Chaliapin by Boris Kustodiev
- Cyclist by Natalia Goncharova
Soviet art
edit- A Fascist Flew Past by Arkady Plastov
- Cherry by Yevsey Moiseyenko
- Mothers, Sisters by Yevsey Moiseyenko
Naïve art
editReferences
edit- ^ "The Russian Museum". Archived from the original on 2009-08-09. Retrieved 2009-08-03. Katya Medvedeva, Painting and Graphic Art 30th Anniversary of the Artist′s Oeuvre], Russian Museum, 6 April – 9 May 2006.
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