The Russian Museum

The catalogue, dated to the exhibition of St. Petersburg artist Valery Lukka held in the Russian Museum, introduces works of the late 20th - early 21st centuries by the artist experimenting in the fields of abstract art, surrealism, collage, and pop-art. The publication includes articles by art historians on Valery Lukka's oeuvre, illustrated catalogue of the artist's works, list of museums and private collections to which the works belong, as well as a list of exhibitions, and brief biography of the artist.

The publication is dated to the exhibition of the same title held in the Russian Museum and dedicated to the 125th birthday of Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev. It introduces various aspects of the famous Russian artist's oeuvre. The publication includes a detailed article on the oeuvre of the master of the first third of the 20th century, chronicle of artist's life and oeuvre, accompanied with photos, and catalogue of works shown at the exhibition. Those come from different museums, libraries, and private collections. Illustrational part is divided into sections, showing artist's development. The sections include works of painting, graphics, as well as sculpture. Images of many works are published for the first time.

This catalogue, dated to an exhibition of the same title held in the Russian Museum, introduces oeuvre of the well-known German photographer Dieter Blum - a representative of modern art who has achieved brilliant results in various genres of art photography. He works with different materials: human body, architecture, city, faces of people and events of their lives. Blum always selects the main and the most typical, which lets him create striking associative images. The "BodyCathedrals" series is a hymn to human body in movement. Photographs of the series are all aesthetically appealing and graceful, full of inner energy and beauty of movement. The publication includes articles by Russian and foreign art historians about Dieter Blum's life and oeuvre; as well as the illustrated catalogue of his works, divided into separate series.

The publication, devoted to the exhibition of the same title, held in the Russian Museum, contains rich material from collections of St Petersburg museums, archives, and libraries, which illustrate Russian-French relationship and the role of France in the life of St Petersburg in 18-20th centuries. The publication includes articles by Russian and French specialists of various fields; the catalogue of exhibits showcased at the exhibition; annotations; brief biographies of the artists whose works from the Russian Museum's funds are showcased; and the nominal list.

The catalogue is dated to the exhibition of the same name held in the Russian Museum. The exhibition has been organized on the initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italian Republic with the help of the Consulate General of Italy in St Petersburg. It was dated to the tercentenary of St Petersburg. The publication introduces works of Russian artists that belong to the collection of the Russian Museum and museums of Rome, Rome, Naples, Florence, and Milan, as well as from private Italian collections. It shows views of Petersburg and its outskirts made by Italian artists, portraits of Russian people kept in Italian collections, and works of those modern Italian jewelers who work in the Russian style. The publication includes articles written by art critics, the illustrated catalogue of works with annotations, and short biographies of the artists.

The catalogue, published to the Suzanne Baumann's exhibition of the same title held in the Russian Museum, includes articles by Russian and foreign art critics about the Swiss artist's oeuvre and her unique exhibition project The Small World Exhibition. She devoted more than 15 years of her life to creating it. The publication also contains the catalogue of Suzanne Baumann's works, artist's biography, and the list of exhibitions she took part in.

The catalogue, devoted to the retrospective exhibition of Victor Ruzo's works held in the Russian Museum, introduces various periods of the artist's oeuvre. They are arranged chronologically and show unique story of his life. Along with articles written by art critics, it includes Ruzo's personal comments, illustrated catalogue with short annotations, and a short biography of the artist.

The catalogue was published for the exhibition of the same name. Exhibits from the collection of the Russian museum were showcased in the State A.Pushkin museum of the fine arts, Moscow. This exhibition was a joint project of two largest Russian museum devoted to the tercentenary of St. Petersburg. The publication includes introductory articles by the Minster of Culture of the RF M.Shvydkoy and the Director of the State A.Pushkin museum of the fine arts I.Antonova, an article describing conception of the exhibition by the Director of the Russian museum V.Gusev, catalogue of works with annotations and artists' biographies.

The publication is devoted to an exhibition of the same name, which was opened on the occasion of the tercentenary of St.Petersburg. The publication introduces the best works from the exhibition, including modern drawings, as well as unique graphics of blockade period, and a number of works of 1960-1990s from the collection of the Russian centre of museum pedagogy and children creativity of the Russian Museum. The publication contains articles by specialists of the Centre of museum pedagogy and children creativity of the Russian Museum, the catalogue of works, and the list of young participants of the exhibition.

The catalogue has been published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name held in the Russian Museum. The exhibition opened in the Stroganov Palace and was devoted to the tercentenary of St.Petersburg. Black-and-white St.Petersburg is created by object-glass artists of different generations and trends as one work of art, which reflects the view of modern photographers of Petersburg on life of the city and its architectural medium. The publication contains an article, a catalogue of works, and short biographies of the artists.

A richly illustrated edition is devoted to an exhibition of the same name held in the Russian museum and timed to the tercentenary of St Petersburg. This project, for the first time, introduces works of Russian artists who belong to different generations and have different views, but all are a part of the French culture. The catalogue includes articles which cover everything these Russian emigrants did or do in Paris: fine arts, photography, cinematography, theatre and music. There are colour reproductions of pieces of art, short biographies of the artists, exhibition lists, and also a CD with recordings of Russian songs and romances performed by well-known Russian actors-emigrants of the beginning of the XXth century.

A sumptuously illustrated publication, devoted to an exhibition of the same name held in the Russian museum, shows the history of Petersburg, life of the city and its citizens in these three centuries in all their variety through works of painting, graphics, sculpture, decorative art and numismatics of XVIII-XX centuries. Structure of the catalogue lets you quickly find information you are interested in: Beginning of Petersburg, the Neva river and its embankments, Rivers, canals, islands, bridges, Prospects, streets, yards, Commercial, industrial, literary, theatrical Petersburg, Revolutionary Petrograd, Blockade Leningrad and others. The publication includes 1015 colour reproductions of works of art from the museum's funds, short annotations, index data and biography of artists.

This catalogue introduces works of an artist Elena Keller, who now lives and creates in Moscow and New-York. All her works are non-figurative and can be found in museum and private collections of Russia, Germany, Holland, the USA and Switzerland. The catalogue includes an article on Elena Keller's creative work, her own article, an album of illustrations, chronicle of her exhibitions and a short bibliography.

This publication is devoted to the exhibition of Michael Franke Cosmogony held in the Russian museum and timed to the tercentenary of St Petersburg. The artist's works, such as "Apeiron" and "Periplomenon" series, reveal his contemplative and meditative world perception. The publication includes articles by foreign arts historians about Michael Franke's works, a catalogue of his works, chronicle of his exhibitions and a short biography of the artist.

The catalogue is devoted to an exhibition of the same name held in the Russian museum and timed to the tercentenary of St Petersburg. Along with an article about development of traditions of depicting life of the American West during the period of more than a hundred years, the publication includes biographical data on the artists, colour reproductions of their works, catalogue with information about every piece of art, and data on geographical location of institutes who provided the paintings.

This publication accompanies the traveling exhibition of the same name visiting such Russian towns as Nizhny Novgorod, Saratov and Samara. The works of art from the collection of the Russian Museum illustrate some of the most exciting chapters from the history of Russian art in the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. The articles on the Russian Museum and the world's largest collection of Russian art are accompanied by an illustrated catalogue, biographies of artists and coloured photographs of the permanent exhibition.

Annual Report of the State Russian Museum presents results of scientific, exhibition, publishing, restoration, research and enlightenment, and administrative work of the museum carried out during the past year. It covers activities of the International Society "Friends of the Russian Museum". Working days and holidays in the museum, gifts and acquisitions, calendar of events, exhibitions, interesting meetings and presentations - these all are accompanied by rich illustrative material.

The catalogue is devoted to the oeuvre of Nikolai Sazhin v a distinctive artists, one of the noticeable figures of Petersburg avant-garde. The publication contains articles on life and oeuvre of Nikolai Sazhin, a catalogue of his works, a brief biography of the artist accompanied with photographs, a list of his personal exhibitions and those where he participated, a list of publications, as well as albums and catalogues with te artist-s works.