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The Odessa Art Museum E-mail ofam@farlep.net The Art Museum of Odessa houses one of the largest collections of Russian and Ukrainian masterpieces in the Ukraine. The collections of the Museum boast magnificent and artistically unique works of great masters reflecting the development of national art from icon painting of the 15th - 18th centuries to contemporary painting, graphic art, sculpture and decorative art. The Museum was inaugurated in 1899 on the initiative of the Odessa Society of Fine Arts. The collection of the Odessa Drawing School and more than 70 works of art from the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts established the foundation of the new museum. The building of the Museum is one of the most notable architectural monuments of the Classicism which was popular during the early 19th century. The exposition occupies twenty-six halls and it is arranged in the historical and chronological succession following a monographic principal of each artist presentation. First halls of exposition acquaint visitors with icon-painting which was one of the prevailing trends in the art of Old Russia (the 10th - 17th centuries). The department of Russian art of 18th and 19th centuries represents remarkable works of best masters of that epoch such as D.Levitskiy, V.Borovikovskiy, O.Kiprenskiy, V.Tropinin.
Works by the masters of Russian and Ukrainian realistic school of the 19th century - the early 20th century comprise the great part of the Museum's collection. The Russian art of that time is represented by pictures of I.Kramskoy, A.Savrasov, I.Levitan, I.Shyshkin, A.Kuindzhi, I.Repin, V.Surikov and many others, which were known as Wanderers. Among the best exhibits of the Museum are works by an outstanding seascape painter I.Aivazovskiy and his followers. The great Ukrainian poet and painter T.Shevtchenko is represented by a number of etchings. The department of modern art displays pictorial life of Odessa from 20-s until present days. Exposition contains best artistic works from Ukraine and other regions of former USSR and it is continuously supplemented with new pieces of painting, sculpture and drawing. The Museum staff members are engaged in various activities such as excursions, lectures, aesthetic education of children, arrangement of various expositions on the premises and traveling expositions for country-side areas; they augment the collection and do the research work, compile and publish catalogues, booklets, albums and organize meetings of artists with visitors.
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