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During the period of the initial organization of the museum and the first post-revolutionary years, its collection of painting was augmented by works from the Hermitage, the Academy of Arts, major private collections and former palaces. The museum was also already acquiring works directly from exhibitions and artists' studios at the very start of the century. After the closure of the Museum of Art Culture in 1926, its collection of mostly avant-garde art was inherited by the Russian Museum almost in its entirety. Later, the collection was added to by gifts from collectors, artists and members of their families, as well as by acquisitions.The Russian Museum's collection of paintings by artists working in the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries currently numbers more than 10,000 works.
The Mediateka
Virtual tour of the exhibition, held in the Russian Museum from 12 november 2020 to 10 may 2021
Virtual tour of the exhibition, held in the Russian Museum from 30 April 2020 to 10 May 2021.
Virtual tour of the exhibition, held in the Russian Museum from 12 March to 14 September 2020.
Virtual tour of the exhibition, held in the branch of the Russian Museum in Málaga (Spain) from February 10, 2018 to February 03, 2019.
Virtual tour of the exhibition, held in the Russian Museum from 13 February to 12 June 2019.
Virtual tour of the exhibition, held in the branch of the Russian Museum in Málaga (Spain) from September 15, 2018 to February 03, 2019.
Virtual tour of the exhibition, held in the Russian Museum from 15 February to 28 May 2018.
Virtual tour of the exhibition, held in the branch of the Russian Museum in Málaga (Spain) from September 15, 2018 to February 03, 2019.
Virtual tour of the exhibition, held in the Russian Museum from September 14 to November 20, 2017.
Virtual tour of the exhibition, held in the Russian Museum from May 24 to August 20, 2018.
Virtual tour of the exhibition, held in the Russian Museum from November 23, 2017 to March 26, 2018.
The film presents works of Ivan Aivazovsky, a world-known Russian painter who was the artist of the Chief Naval Headquarters.
A multimedia film is devoted to Georg Christoph Grooth, the main court painter of the epoch of Elizabeth Petrovna and the art of that time.
The programme was developed based on the temporary exhibition Peter the Great: His Era and His Inner Circle, which took place in the Russian Museum from December 17, 2015 to April 3, 2016.
Multimedia program combines about 500 works of Russian artists who worked in Italy and of Italian masters who left their trace in Russian art, including those who contrib¬uted greatly to the architectural image of the Russian Museum palaces.
This film is focused on Vladimir Borovikovsky, one of the talented and original artists of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He worked in the field of portrait and icon-painting.
Multimedia program «Artists of Estonia in Russia, Russian Artists in Estonia» is the first project aimed is identifying and presenting works of the 18th and 19th century painters associated with the national art school of the Republic of Estonian that are stored in the collections of the Russian Museum.
In interactive game kids are offered traditional for quest games tasks and original mini-games, that were developed on the base of masterpieces of Russian artists of 18-20th centuries. In the program there are 30 paintings published (L. Laravak, V. Borovikovskiy, F. Rokotov, K. Savitskiy, K. Petrov-Vodkin etc.), on which the coevals of the players are depicted.
Tasks requesting guessing the parts of a parting, music assistance and acquaintance with games of the past are also composed with consideration of players' age. All the paintings are provided with description. The program is perfected with original music.
The Program includes works of artists from the collections of two museums - The Russian Museum and the Museum of Republic of Karelia, dedicated to "Kalevala". It includes annotations of the works and biographies of artists.
The theme of this publication is Russian portraits over the past hundred years, painting a vivid picture of every period in the twentieth century. The more than 400 illustrations were all taken from the collection of the State Russian Museum in St Petersburg, home to the world's largest collection of Russian art.
Biblical themes are eternal for worlds history of art, Russian artists often depicted events from Old and New Testaments. This film tells us about history of Russian Christianity through the works of Russian artists
This film will guide you to the halls of the State Russian museum.
The museum's halls - pages of history (film 1-2).
Walking through the museum halls you may see different époque and art styles that are enclosed in museum area. You can compare museum with enormous theatre, where you can see different performances in one place. The art collection of the State Russian museum contains over 400 000 exhibits covering all major periods and trends in the history of Russian art, all main types and genres, trends and schools of Russian art over more than a thousand years: from the X to the XXI century. This film will guide you to the halls of the State Russian museum. |
This film tells about life and work of one of the most fascinating and richly talented artists of Russia. He was born in poor armenian family in the town of Feodosiya (the Crimea). His talent earned him a great popularity all over the World.
Kazimir Malevich was the founder of the artistic and philosophical school of Suprematism. His outstanding ideas about forms and meanings in art would eventually constitute the theoretical underpinnings of non-objective, or abstract, art. Malevich worked in a variety of styles, but his most important and famous works concentrated on the exploration of pure geometric forms (squares, triangles, and circles). His philosophical theory of the new type of artist was ruined by soviet reality.
This documentary film tells about creation of the main building of The State Russian museum - The Mikhailovsky Palace.
The Art collection of the State Russian museum has developed through many phases and expansions. This collection has been forming since the opening of the State Russian museum in 1898
This program was created for the exhibition "The World of Art"
This film tells about Russian avant-garde. It does not correspond to any definite artistic program or style. This term was assigned to radical innovative movements in Russian art during revolutions.
Kazimir Malevich was the founder of the unique artistic and philosophical school of Russian avant-garde - Suprematism. This film is dedicated to the painting style of Kazimir Malevich
In March 1998 the centenary of the State Russian Museum – the first state museum of Russia containing the national art collection – was celebrated. This program represents the outstanding works of national painting, graphics and sculpture, it the history of the museum and its collections and shows the palaces belonging to the united museum complex.
Divisions: “Masterpieces”, “The Mikhailovsky Palace”, “The Marble Palace”, “The Stroganov Palace”, “The St.Michael’s Castle”, “History in Photographs” and “Jubilee Celebrations”
View all events and lectures in the Multimedia Cinema
Встреча с куратором выставки «Живописных дел мастер…» К 325-летию со дня рождения Ивана Яковлевича Вишнякова
С. В. Моисеева
16 May 2024Онлайн-лекция «Творчество А.Н.Самохвалова 1920-х – 1930-х годов: в поисках стиля эпохи»
С. С. Ершова
26 December 2023Онлайн-лекция «Василий Суриков. Величие русской исторической живописи»
А.В. Прозорова
10 October 2023Евгений Барский на выставке «Преображенная природа». Из цикла «Художник о художниках»
Е. С. Барский
28 May 2021Онлайн-лекция к выставке «Александр Бенуа. К 150-летию со дня рождения»
Е.В. Станкевич
25 February 2021Онлайн-лекция «Реализм в русском искусстве. Искусство и правда»
С. В. Кривонденченков
30 September 2020Эстетические отношения искусства Репина к действительности России ХХ столетия
А. Г. Бойко
31 October 2019Современное петербургское академическое изобразительное искусство. Традиции, состояние и тренды развития
С. М. Грачева
07 October 2019Lecture to the exhibition “Ilya Repin. Celebrating the 175th anniversary of the artist’s birth”
А. А. Курбановский
26 September 2019The First. Lecture to the exhibition of the Russian Museum "The Union of Youth»
А. Б. Кибасов
09 July 2019Chronicles of the declared death. The art, as we know it, is nearing its end
А. А. Курбановский
23 May 2019The Caucasian line in the Petersburg of Nicolas I. The history of a masterpiece
С. В. Бирюкова
14 May 2019Mikhail Sokolov. An Online lecture. The heritage of the artist in the collection of the Yaroslavl Art Museum
Н. П. Голенкевич
28 February 2019Лекция "Петербургское искусство 2000-х годов. Галереи, конкурсы, проекты"
А. И. Карлова
26 February 2019Russian Artists in China. Vera Kuznezova and Mikhail Kichigin. A Lecture from Yaroslavl
Т.А. Лебедева
18 October 2018Henryk Siemiradzki and Russian Artists’ Colony in Rome Exhibition. A meeting with a curator
П. Ю. Климов
22 March 2018«Пабло Пикассо и искусство XX века». Экспертные выступления
А. Д. Боровский, Хосе Мария Луна Агилар, И. А. Доронченков, А. Г. Бойко
17 November 2017A Revolutionary myth in Russian painting of the 20th century. A Lecture
С. С. Ершова
02 November 2017Victor Borisov-Musatov and the Masters of the Blue Rose Society. A Lecture
А.В. Прозорова
04 April 2017Naval battles on the canvases of Ivan Aivazovsky. A Lecture
А.В. Прозорова, О.К. Цехановская
21 February 2017Ivan Aivazovsky - the artist of the Chief Naval Headquaters. A Lecture
А.В. Прозорова, О.К. Цехановская
07 February 2017"Творчество А.Н. Самохвалова 1920-х – 1930-х годов: в поисках стиля эпохи"
С. С. Ершова
12 December 2014Лекция "Костюмы и мундиры. Вопросы атрибуции русской портретной живописи конца XVII – начала XIX веков"
С. В. Моисеева
03 April 2014«Под воспаленным прахом». Археология масонского взгляда: «Последний день Помпеи» К.П. Брюллова
А. А. Курбановский
17 October 2013Лекция «Явление примитива в русском искусстве XVIII - первой половины XIX вв.»
А.В. Прозорова
19 March 2013