Museum of the Academy of Arts

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MUSEUM OF THE ACADEMY OF ARTS, a science and research museum (17 University Embankment), Russia's oldest art museum, founded by I. I. Shuvalov in 1757 as a collection of samples for the students of drawing and sculpture classes at the Academy of Arts. The initial museum collections included West-European paintings, casts, works made by graduates of the Academy of Arts who earned medals and later became Academy members or professors. In 1862 the museum enlarged its collection by acquiring the collection of Count N. A. Kushelev-Bezborodko. In 1898 a part of its collection was handed over to the Russian Museum. After 1917 a large number of exhibits were transferred to the Hermitage and other museums. The museum occupies the halls of the central building of the Academy of Arts. The exposition features works by А. P. Losenko, I. P. Prokofyev, F. G. Gordeev, F. F. Shchedrin, K. Bryullov, G. I. Skorodumov, А. А. Ivanov, V. D. Polenov, I. E. Repin, V. V. Mate, А. P. Ostroumova-Lebedeva and others, European masters are represented by the works of L. Giordano, F. Algardi, G. Ladzarini and others. The Architecture Department contains designs and drawings of architects and author models of Smolny Convent (made under the guidance of F. B. Rastrelli), the Academy of Arts, St. Isaac's Cathedral, the Stock Exchange Building and other buildings. Shevchenko memorial workshop operates as an independent division of the museum (from 1858 Shevchenko lived and worked in the Academy of Arts where he died in 1861). The museum maintains a number of branches: Repin Penates Mansion and Museum, P. P. Chistyakov House Museum, I. I. Brodsky Apartment Museum, and A. I. Kuindzhi Apartment Museum. The collection numbers over 100,000 items. Annually the museum is visited by up to 35,000 people.

References: Гришина Е. В. Музей художественной школы // Из творческого опыта русского искусства XVII-XX вв.: Сб. науч. тр. СПб., 1994. С. 68-75; Музеи Санкт-Петербурга и Ленинградской области: Справ. СПб., 2002. С. 17-21.

A. D. Margolis. Brodsky Isaak Izrailevich
Bryullov Karl Pavlovich
Chistyakov Pavel Petrovich
Gordeev Fedor Gordeevich
Ivanov Andrey Ivanovich
Kokorinov Alexander Filippovich
Kuindzhi Arkhip Ivanovich
Kushelev-Bezborodko Nikolay Alexandrovich, Count
Losenko Anton Pavlovich
Margolis Alexander Davidovich
Mate Vasily Vasilievich
Ostroumova-Lebedeva Anna Peterovna
Polenov Vasily Dmitrievich
Prokofiev Ivan Prokofievich
Rastrelli Francesco de
Repin Ilya Efimovich
Shchedrin Feodosy Fedorovich
Shevchenko Taras Grigorievich
Shuvalov Ivan Ivanovich, Count
Skorodumov Gavriil Ivanovich
Vallin de la Mothe Jean Baptiste Michel
Universitetskaya Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 17
Музеи Санкт-Петербурга и Ленинградской области: Справ. СПб., 2002
Смирнов П. Т. Неск. дней в музеях Петербурга: Путеводитель-справочник. СПб., 2002
Гришина Е. В. Музей художественной школы // Из творческого опыта русского искусства XVII-XX вв.: Сб. науч. тр. СПб. , 1994 Russian Museum, State
Hermitage
Penaty, Museum Estate
A. I. Kuindzhi memorial apartment
Brodsky's Memorial Flat
St. Isaac's Cathedral
Academy of Arts