The Russian Museum

The publication presents the historic and archive photography of the midst of the 19th - first half of the 20th century in the wide thematic range and variety of artistic and technical peculiarities. The most valuable features of the exposition are the expressiveness and documental character of the fixation of true events and various phenomena of Russian culture. The Second Photobiennale of historical and archive photography is the panorama of Russian life that is very different in content and abundance. The book contains 18 sections according to the number of participants of project. Each of the sections is preceded by the article that acquaints with the characteristic features of collection and the information about the history of its forming. The book is supplemented with information on the photographers' biographies.

The publication is supported by OJSC Severstal

The publication presents the creative oeuvre of the well-known Russian artist who became the significant figure in the art of Leningrad and St. Petersburg. The album of illustrations that includes the paintings and graphic works by Yashke is preceded by scientific articles that presents his fascinating artistic biography and reveals the peculiarities of his manner in context of Leningrad nonconformist art and modern Russian art. Supplied with the short artist's biography; list of his solo exhibitions; list of publications devoted to the artist and list of the books illustrated by Vladimir Yashke.

The publication is supported by Sistema Finance Investments

The publication is devoted to the basic stages of stylistic transformation in Malevich's art. The basic place in book is devoted to the Victory Over the Sun (1913). The special article and materials about the process of creation of the opera are devoted to this theme. Album section is based on the materials from the Russian Museum collection and includes two basic sections (Painting, Gouaches and Architectons and Drawings, Water Colors and Printed Graphics). The significant place in book depends to the artist's work created in the period between 1928 and 1933. The book is supplemented with list of names of the artists presented in the publication.

The publication is supported by NOVATEK

The publication is devoted to the embodiment of the theme of food in the Russian art of the 18^th - beginning of the 21 century till nowadays. Includes four scientific articles that examine the evolution of the ideas about cooking and meals in Russian culture and also with character of their depiction in fine arts. The single article is devoted to the Book about Delicious and Wholesome Food that was one of the most popular books in Soviet time. The album alongside with illustrations (painting, graphics, folk art and applied art) is supplemented with artistic photographs and also the information about different meals and culinary traditions that existed in Russia, and also the recipes of meals. Supplemented with the list of names of the artists presented in the publication.

With the financial support of Magnezit Group and Sistema Finance Investments

The book serves as an introduction to the creative oeuvre of the contemporary Moscow artist, who belongs to a renowned artistic dynasty and continues in her work the realist tradition, enriching it with new facets of her visual world. The album of illustrations is preceded by a scholarly article, where the individual manner of Natella Toidze is revealed through an analysis of the artistic decisions made in individual works. The above is supplemented by a biography of Toidze and a list of her major personal exhibitions.

The publication is supported by Millennium of the Baptism of Russia Foundation and SHIM production  company

This book is dedicated to the creative oeuvre of the Russian artist, who in his work continued the discoveries of the symbolist artists and the artists of the Knave of Diamonds and who created, along with still lifes and portraits, Biblically-themed compositions with multiple meanings. The album of illustrations is preceded by an article that characterizes the uniqueness of Oleg Krotkov's visual language. These are supplemented by a biography of the artist and a list of his personal exhibitions.

The publication is supported by Blue Apple

The issue is timed to the opening of exhibition of art works by famous American actor and deputy director. The album of illustrations presenting the works by Stallone is preceded with the interview of Matias Rastorfer with Sylvester Stallone where the artist acquaints with his creative path and also with history of creating of his paintings and their content. The publication is supplemented with biography of artist and with documental photographs.

The album is published in collaboration with Galerie Gmurzynska 

The book completely and diversely presents the different facets of the creative oeuvre of the renowned master of Soviet painting Arkady Plastov for the first time, and also serves as an introduction to the work of his grandfather, son, daughter-in-law and grandson, the representatives of a remarkable artistic dynasty. Included are two scholarly articles that reveal the direction of the artistic pursuits of these artists in the context of the visual embodiment of the "village theme" in Russian art, and an extensive album of illustrations that introduces the paintings and graphic works of these artists. These are supplemented with a detailed biography of each of the artists presented in the book.

The book serves as an introduction to the creative oeuvre of the artist, who is recognized as one of the founding fathers of Icelandic art and its most influential representative. Included is a scholarly article that covers the major stages of Kjarval's artistic career and details the significance of the work created by the artist in the context of the unique history and culture of his native land, and an album of illustrations that familiarizes the reader with paintings and graphic works from various years. These are supplemented by a detailed biography of the artist.

This book serves as an introduction to the creative oeuvre of the renowned artist whose name has become an integral part of the history of Russian culture at the beginning of the 20th century. Included is an album of illustrations that presents the paintings and graphics of the artist, and a scholarly article that analyzes the major stages of Malyavin's artistic journey (1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1917-1922, emigration) in great detail, and examines the uniqueness of his style in the system of artistic life in Russia and Europe using individual paintings and graphic works. These are supplemented by a detailed chronicle of Malyavin's life and work and an index of persons depicted in the portraits he created over the years.

General sponsor of the publication VTB Bank

This book serves as an introduction to the history of Russian relief from the moment it emerged in the art of Peter the Great's time through present day, using the works in the collection of the Russian Museum as examples. The album of illustrations is preceded by three scholarly articles dedicated to the two stages in the development of the relief in the context of Russian culture (18th-early 20^th century and the Soviet era), and the history of the existence of the relief on medals and coins in Russia. These are supplemented by biographies of the sculptors represented in the book, and by an index of persons depicted in the reliefs.

This book contains works by Karl Brullov that have recently been found in private collections in Moscow and St Petersburg. Some of the published paintings have been mentioned in sources and in literature with the notation "location unknown", and others were unknown to earlier authors who have written about Brullov. The majority of the works presented in the book are being published and commented upon for the first time. The catalogue includes a scholarly article in which the issues surrounding the identification and study of the newly-discovered works by Brullov are covered in detail, as are the unique characteristics of the artistic decisions he made while creating these works. An annotated album of illustrations is also included.

The Russian Museum thanks Vladimir Konovsky, the collector of the Andrei Katkov collection, for his help in the realization of this project

This book serves as an introduction to the creative oeuvre of Muscovite painter and graphic artist who is also famous as a talented poet. Includes a scholarly article that characterizes the specifics of the artist's artistic searches in the context of the situation in the Russian artistic culture of the 1970s through the 2000s, an album of illustrations consisting of two sections ("Painting"; "Reliefs"), detailed biographical information, a list of exhibitions in which the artist has taken part and a list of major publications devoted to his work. The book also includes poems by Boris Kocheishvili.

The issue acquaints with creative oeuvre of contemporary Belarus sculptor who got the recognition not only in his native land but also in many European countries. Includes the album of illustrations that presents the sculptures, where the organic combination of tradition and innovatory gives the artist an opportunity to create the fanciful world of images, and the biography of artist.

This book is dedicated to the history of the presentation of the theme of the nude body in Russian photography from the end of the 19th century through the beginning of the 21st century. The book includes scholarly articles that familiarize the reader with the evolution of the nude genre in works by Russian photographers, both those who worked in their motherland and those who were émigrés (Alfred Eberling, Nikolai Svishchov-Paola, Andrei Knyazev, Dmitry Vozdvizhensky, Alla Esipovich, Vita Buivid, Konstantin Khudyakov and others) and an extensive album of photographs. These are supplemented by an index with the names of the photographers represented in the book

This book serves as an introduction to the main movements in the development of engraving on metal in Russian art, from the moment of it emerged in Russia in the 1660s through the end of the 19^th century. An annotated album of illustrations is preceded by three scholarly articles that cover different aspects of the process of the establishment and later function of this kind of art in Russian artistic culture over the course of three centuries. These are supplemented by information about the fundamental techniques of engraving on metal and short biographies of the artists.

The publication is supported by Severstal company

This book serves as an introduction to the work of the renowned Russian artist whose name is connected to the golden age of Russian painting and theatrical and decorative art at the beginning of the 20th century. Included in the book is a scholarly article that covers different aspects of the life and career of Golovin in the context of the situation in the Russian artistic culture of the time, and an album of illustrations consisting of three major sections ("Painting"; "Sketches for theatre Performances"; "Sketches for Paintworks, Decorative and Applied Art, Book Graphics"). These are supplemented by detailed biographical information about the artist and a list of persons depicted in the portraits included in the book.

The publication is supported by LUKOIL

This book serves as an introduction to the graphic works of Mihail Chemiakin that comprise the series Trottoirs de Paris. The book includes a scholarly article that familiarizes the reader with the origin of the idea for the series, the process of its implementation and the content of individual works, as well as an extensive album of illustrations. The album part of the book consists of large thematic sections ("Theater. Backstage. Actors"; "Petersburg. Dreams. Phantoms. Portraits"; "My Father's Youth. The Civil War. The Siege of Leningrad"; "Dances of Lady Death"; "Porcelain") and also includes reproductions of the source photographs Chemiakin used while creating the series. The above is supplemented by detailed biographical information about the artist.

This book, which was prepared to accompany the exhibition of the same name, serves as an introduction to Hamburg artists who worked from the latter third of the 19th century through the first half of the 20th century from the private collection of Mathias Hans (Hamburg, Germany). The album of illustrations includes five major thematic sections, each of which is preceded by detailed background information about the works of the painters, graphic artists and sculptors who made significant contributions to the cultural life of Hamburg. The album is supplemented by a list of literature and an index of the names of the artists represented in the publication.

This book is dedicated to the image of birds and insects in both the art of the past and in contemporary art, from the work of the "classes of beasts and birds" at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1763-1795), which marked the beginning of the history of the animalistic genre in Russia, to works created at the beginning of the 21^st century. The interpretation of forms and images of the natural world changed in line with prevailing styles and mentalities. The album of illustrations introduces works of fine art from museums and private collections and sets the stage for four scholarly articles that cover different aspects of the visual interpretations of "those who fly and crawl" in paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings and decorative and applied art, as well as in works created by representatives of contemporary art with the help of complex technology. These are supplemented by an index of the names of the artists who are represented in the book.

The publication is supported by Magnezit Group

The work of eminent Russian animal sculptor Nikolai Lieberich (1828-1883), a retired colonel of the Imperial Guard who was honoured with rank of Academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts for his work, constituted an entire epoch in the history of Russian bronze sculpture. The illustrations in the album are preceded by scholarly articles presenting a detailed biographical sketch that highlights different aspects of the life and work of the sculptor, and familiarizes the reader with unique works of art found in different museum collections. Two appendixes are included. One of them, a list of works by Nikolai Lieberich, which was compiled in 1898 and is now a part of the Russian Museum's collection, is being published for the first time. The other is an open letter by the sculptor entitled, "On the Question of Artistic Rights of Ownership", which was published in 1881 in the Peterbursky Listok newspaper and had long been forgotten.

The publication is supported by RosEvroBank and Severstal company

This book is an introduction to unique monuments of Old Russian art: church lighting fixtures, whose role within the space of the Orthodox cathedral has always been especially important. The book contains an album section, where the most significant works are accompanied by detailed annotations. The book also includes scholarly articles that familiarize the reader with the history of the creation, existence, study and exposition of Old Russian lighting fixtures, which include rod chandeliers and Novgorod chandeliers (coronae lucis), sanctuary lamps, mounted lamps and mounted chandeliers

This book was prepared for the 400th anniversary of the founding of the House of Romanov, which was celebrated in 2013. It includes a scholarly article that serves as an introduction to the history of the House of Romanov from the moment that Michael I was called to the throne to the rule of Nicholas II, as well as an album of illustrations. An index of persons depicted in the portraits is included, as well as short biographies of the artists.

This publication was prepared with the financial support of Sistema Finance Investments and Mobile Tele-Systems

This book is an introduction to the work of the famous Russian artist, a representative of the Seventies generation. It contains an album with illustrations and scholarly articles. Through these, the artist's unique understanding of the world is revealed and the evolution of the language of his paintings is examined, using his most well-known works as an example. These works refer to the traditions of Italian and Northern Renaissance art, as well as the aesthetics of Russian folk art. The articles and the album are supplemented by remarks by the artist's friends and colleagues on different aspects of his work. Biographical information about the artist is provided.

The publication is supported by M. F. Konnov