Painting and Graphics
Painting and Graphics
Collections of paintings and graphics of the museum include works of Russian and Western European masters of XVIII — XX centuries.
pencil sketch Among the masterpieces of the KP Assembly Bryullov «The Last Days of Pompeii», two female portraits AP Briullov’s «Portrait of a Lady in Blue» and «Portrait of a Woman», watercolor KV Lebedev «Boyar», AK Savrasov «Swiss Lake», a painting VD Polenov «Dreams» and his studies.
Main original owners of the collection — Uvarov graphs merchant Melikov and IS Kulikov. Unexplored by experts of the collection are two album in the morocco-bound (48 and 26 pages) beginning of the XIX century watercolors and graphic portraits of the noble families Tatischevs, Shuvalov, Stroganoff, Bibikov, Baryatinsky, Golitsyn and others, as well as the landscapes, views of landmarks and caricatures Images; watercolors and engravings of St. Petersburg beginning of the XIX century.