Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Karelia: description

The Republic of Karelia attracts tourists and travelers with its unique uniqueness all year round. Here go and lovers of outdoor activities, and connoisseurs of architectural monuments. Karelia is called "the country of lakes", and in its forests there were shooting the famous film "The Dawns Here Are Quiet".

The capital of Karelia - Petrozavodsk - is stretched along Lake Onega at 22 kilometers. The city is rich in squares, monuments, interesting sights. One of the most frequently visited historical places is the Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Karelia. He has a unique, extraordinary story.

Where is?

The Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Karelia is located on the second most important city square, bearing the name of SM. Kirov. Previously, it was called Serfdom, and then - Cathedral, because it had three churches on it. The Resurrection and Peter and Paul Councils were burned down in 1924, and Svyatodukhovsky was destroyed in 1936. The square was renamed several times (Republic, Labor, Palace of Labor, Freedom), and in 1944 it was re-named after Kirov.

The Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Karelia was founded in 1960. He rightfully occupied the building, which in a few centuries had carried through the spirit of enlightenment and culture.

History of the museum

Construction of the building, which originally housed the men's gymnasium them. Emperor Alexander, began in 1788, and two years later a grand opening was held. The two-story brick building in the classical style in those days was the largest in all of Karelia. In 1802, it was exposed to a fire and was restored only in 1810.

After the October Revolution in 1918, the gymnasium was abolished. However, cultural and educational institutions continued to be located in the building: the library, the House of Pioneers, the School of Culture. And since 1960, access to all art lovers is open here. In 2002 the building was reconstructed.

The collection of the museum is much older than 55 years of age. The first attempts to collect the exhibits were made at the beginning of the XIX century. The first exhibition "Museum" was held in Petrozavodsk in 1838. More than 300 exhibits presented on it were mainly samples and artifacts.

Base

During the nineteenth - early twentieth centuries, the museum business in Karelia continues to develop. In the late 1930s, the creative and urban community raised the question of the opening of an art museum.

The number of exhibits was constantly increasing, collections were replenished after the war with icons returned from Finland. The conditions of storage and accommodation required the creation of a separate museum in the city.

And in 1960 the museum was hospitably received by its visitors.

Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Karelia: description for the collection

Let's start with the richest collections, carefully collected and stored by its employees. They give an idea of the development of national art, the national and artistic traditions of Karelia. There are many works of foreign masters.

• Old Russian art is represented by a collection of about two and a half thousand icons that reveal the spiritual world and religious views of the peasantry of the North of Russia.
• The collection of arts and crafts contains costumes, embroideries, woven items, carving and painting on wood, utensils made of birch bark, copper and ceramics of the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as works of contemporaries.
• Russian art of the XVIII - early XX century are represented by famous artists: Shishkin, Levitan, Korovin, Polenov, Aivazovsky and many others. In the collection there are three works of the mother of the last Russian emperor - Maria Feodorovna Romanova.

• About four thousand works of masters of Moscow and other art centers of Russia are collected in the collection "Domestic art of the twentieth century". Here you can see the work done in the graph. Karelian-Finnish epos "Kalevala" is also reflected in the works of art.
• The theme of "Kalevala" is dedicated to a separate collection. It is the most popular part of the museum's funds. It is every year exhibited, participates in international projects.
• Foreign art is represented by painting and sculpture of Dutch, Finnish, French and other art schools, as well as a small collection of porcelain.

In the Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Karelia there are exhibitions for lovers and connoisseurs of the beautiful and eternal. A personal exhibition "Recognition of Love" by Karelian artist Badri Topuria, timed to his 60th birthday, is open.
Until the end of May, everyone can visit an exhibition of a still-life from the collection of the museum "Vita subject". You can also see the exposition "Petersburg in the Creative Work of Children".

Stock

The Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Karelia maintains the safety of its foundation. Its employees organized an action "Adopt a picture". People who are not indifferent to art pay a baguette or frame, giving the picture a new life.

Conclusion

The Museum of Fine Arts (RK) invites you to thematic and sightseeing tours, master classes for beginners and experienced masters of the brush and cutter, all those who are not indifferent to touch the history of the North, depicted on the canvases of masters of painting and graphics reflected in sculpture and arts and crafts.