The landscapes of old Moscow

Exhibition June 27 − October 16, 2017
For the first time since 1926, the State historical Museum represents the exhibition "The landscapes of old Moscow. Watercolors from the collection of the Historical Museum. 870th anniversary of Moscow".
The state historical Museum holds an extensive collection of watercolors and drawings with landscapes of old Moscow. Most of it are personal collections of famous Moscow patrons and collectors of A. P. Bakhrushin and P. I. Shchukin, bequeathed to the Museum.
Also rich graphic materials received in the Historical Museum of Museum of Old Moscow, disbanded in 1926. It is in the Museum of Old Moscow, in the same in 1926 and held the first exhibition of a unique collection of watercolors — "Moscow in the old images".
Now in the Museum's collection includes works of almost all well-known and little-known Russian masters of the urban landscape — from the Creator of the genre of F. Y. Alexeev to A. M. Vasnetsov.
A feature of the collection of the Historical Museum is the prevalence of works of Moscow artists, representatives of Moscow art schools.
In addition, your contribution to the creation of visual Chronicles of Old Moscow made foreign artists who lived and worked in Russia.
The exposition includes about 70 watercolors, which depicted the old Moscow monuments, architectural ensembles of the nineteenth century.


On the official website The state historical Museum.