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The Russian Museum holds the largest collection of sculpture in Russia. It began to take shape in 1897–1898, when works by Russian masters were transferred to the museum from the Hermitage and the Academy of Arts, and further pieces were bought from private owners. Before 1917 the museum's sculpture collection numbered just 184 items. Today it contains more than five thousand works.
The 18th and 19th centuries are represented by Fedot Shubin's gallery of portraits and his statue "Catherine II the Legislatress", along with works by Kozlovsky, Schedrin, Orlovsky, Vitali and Antokolsky. More than half of the collection belongs to the 20th century: Golubkina, Konenkov, Matveev and his school, the avant-garde of the 1920s, the sculpture of Leningrad and Moscow. In front of the Marble Palace stands the equestrian statue of Alexander III by Paolo Troubetzkoy. The museum took it into safekeeping in 1939 and so saved it from being melted down. The collection continues to grow with the work of 21st-century sculptors.
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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 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.
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.
The program presents the oldest St. Petersburg park, which has been part of the Russian Museum since 2003. The Summer Garden is the favourite brainchild of Peter the Great. It was created at the beginning of the 18th century following the traditions of the best examples of European Parks and Gardens.
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.
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 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
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”
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Петр Клодт. Скульптура «Ездовой лейб-гвардии Конной артиллерии». Исследования и реставрация
Ж. А. Максименко
22 February 2021
Станковые работы Петра Клодта на выставке «Художественное наследие семьи Клодтов»
Н. В. Логдачева
18 February 2021
Pages of the history of the sculptural class of the Imperial Academy of arts 1757-1917. A Lecture. Part 2
О. А. Кривдина
23 October 2018
Pages of the History of the Sculptural Class of the Imperial Academy of Arts 1757-1917. Part 1
О. А. Кривдина
02 October 2018
Online Lecture "The Universe of Erzya" To the 140th Anniversary of the Master
А.М. Лобанова
25 October 2016