Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks
Ilya Repin · 1890
State Russian Museum
Saint Petersburg
Russian art in its own house: Repin's Cossacks writing their letter, and Aivazovsky's Ninth Wave rising over the survivors. The largest holding of Russian art in the world, on Arts Square, across thirty hectares.
What to see
Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks
Ilya Repin · 1890
Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks is a painting by Ukrainian-born Russian realist artist Ilya Repin. It is also known as Cossacks of Saporog Are Drafting a Manifesto and Cossacks are Writing a Letter to the Turkish Sultan.
The Ninth Wave
Ivan Aivazovsky · 1850
The Ninth Wave is an 1850 painting by Russian marine painter Ivan Aivazovsky. It is his best-known work.
Barge Haulers on the Volga
Ilya Repin · 1870
Barge Haulers on the Volga or Burlaki is an 1870 to 1873 oil-on-canvas painting by Russian realist artist Ilya Repin. It depicts 11 men (burlaki) hauling a barge along the banks of the Volga River.
Moonlit Night on the Dnieper
Arkhip Kuindzhi · 1880
Moonlit Night on the Dnieper or Moonlit Night on the Dnipro is an oil on canvas painting by Russian artist Arkhip Kuindzhi, from 1880. The painting displays the banks of the Dnieper river at night during a full moon.
Red Square
Kazimir Malevich · 1915
Painterly Realism of a Peasant Woman in Two Dimensions, also known as Red Square, is a 1915 painting by Kazimir Malevich. Red Square was part of Malevich's Suprematist art movement (1915-1919), which aimed to create artworks that were universally understood.
The Last Day of Pompeii
Karl Bryullov · 1833
The Last Day of Pompeii is a large history painting by Karl Bryullov produced in 1830 to 1833 on the subject of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. It is notable for its positioning between Neoclassicism, the predominant style in Russia at the time, and Romanticism as increasingly practised in France.
Collections
Today the collection shows Russian art from the 10th century up to the 21st century, covering all genres from the old Russian icon painting to contemporary art.
Artists
Russian Empire · 1844–1930
Russian Empire · 1878–1935
Russian Empire · 1841–1910
Russian Empire · 1806–1858
Russian Empire · 1878–1927
Kingdom of Italy · 1799–1875
Russian Empire · 1843–1902
Russian Empire · 1860–1900
Russian Empire · 1817–1900
Russian Empire · 1799–1852
Russian Empire · 1753–1802
Artworks
Taking a Snow Town
Vasily Surikov · 1891
The Last Supper
Nikolai Ge · 1863
Red Cavalry Riding
Kazimir Malevich · 1932
Knight at the Crossroads
Viktor Vasnetsov · 1882
Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery
Vasily Polenov · 1888
Ida Rubinstein
Valentin Serov · 1910
The Angel with Golden Hair
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