The Vasnetsov Museum (Kirov) became after itsopening in 1910, the first in the northern and northeastern regions of our country artistic and historical institution. Here are collected exhibits of different eras. Full name - Art Museum named after V.M. I am. Vasnetsov. These are famous Russian artists, with whose participation the first collections were collected.
Main directions
Changing the names and departmental affiliation,The Vasnetsov Museum of Kirov has not lost its main focus - presenting to the public unique works of Russian and foreign artists, sculptors, numerous objects of folk art crafts of the Vyatka region and its neighboring regions of Russia, works of church art and iconography.
Location and History
The museum is located in the capital of the Vyatka region, the cityKirov. His building is located at: st. Karl Marx, 70. The modern name of the museum was assigned in 1989. In 1992, next to the main building (this is a mansion built in 1815 for the Vyatka merchant I. Repin), a new building was built. Between them is a monument to the founders of the museum. These are the artists V.M. Vasnetsov and his brother Apollinaris Mikhailovich.
The monument was created with the support of citizens and hasdedication "from grateful countrymen." Also in the museum complex includes an exhibition hall, located near the main buildings. Here you can visit the unique memorial museum-estate NN. Khokhryakova and no less interesting memorial museum-estate Vasnetsov.
Vasnetsov Museum: a tour of the hall
The collection of the Vasnetsov Museum countsmore than 20,000 storage units. The exhibits are divided into specialized sections, which represent the permanent exhibition of the museum. Here are held thematic exhibitions dedicated to the significant events of the Vyatka region, dedicated to a particular artist or type of applied art.
The collection of fixed assets, which represents the Vasnetsov Museum (Kirov), is divided into several thematic and temporal by definition departments.
Old Russian and Church Art
The Department of Old Russian and Church Art beganthe formation of its fixed assets soon after the creation of the museum. The beginning of the exhibition was laid by N. Mashkovtsev, who insisted on a census and photographing of objects of icon painting and church plate of the Cathedral of the Cathedral. Many of the exhibits recorded in this inventory were later found in the museum’s repositories and funds, which saved unique works of ancient Russian masters from the sad fate during the establishment of Soviet power and the fight against religion in the 20s of the 20th century.
Visiting the Vasnetsov Museum (Kirov), you canget acquainted with items of church and religious utensils, made using different types of folk art - ornamental gold and personal embroidery, vintage salaries, copper casting, mainly Old Believer, religious vestments, printed and handwritten church books, carved religious objects and, of course, iconography.
View the collection of the Old Russian andecclesiastical art will allow you to fully familiarize yourself with the images and stylistics of the old Russian culture, learn the artistic subtleties and traditions of the peoples of the Vyatka region.
Painting
The painting department contains works of the greatestartists of not only Russia, but also works by Dutch, Flanders, German, French painters of the 15th — 20th centuries. Russian art is represented by such masters of the brush as Bryullov, V.M. Vasnetsov, Surikov, Repin, Borovikovsky, Shishkin, Benoit, A.M. Vasnetsov, Venetsianov, Serov, Konchalovsky, Perov, Korovin and many other greatest representatives of the Russian art school, whose works all museums and galleries in the world dream of possessing.
Sculptures and graphic exhibits
The department of sculpture and graphics also deservesgreat attention due to its extensive and diverse collections. In the collection of these departments there are unique exhibits of both Russian and Western European masters.
Department of decorative and folkart is one of the main areas with which the Vasnetsov Museum (Kirov) works. Here are unique graceful products of glass and porcelain, lacquer miniatures and amazing objects carved from bone. Wooden works of art made in different parts of Russia deserve special attention due to their uniqueness and originality. The museum collection of this department was awarded special art Vyatka.
Iconography and applied art, painting andSculpture, graphics and folk crafts - the variety of creative activities of the brightest representatives of the art of the Vyatka region and original folk craftsmen helps to learn and explore the traditions, lifestyle and cultural and national characteristics of the population of this ancient and wonderful region.
