After its opening in 1910, the Vasnetsovs Museum (Kirov) became the first artistic and historical institution in the northern and northeastern regions of our country. Here are collected exhibits from different eras. Full name - V.M. Art Museum and A.M. Vasnetsovs. These are famous Russian artists, with whose participation the first collections were collected.
Main directions
Changing the name and departmental affiliation, the Kirov Museum of the Vasnetsovs did not lose their main focus - to present to the public the unique works of Russian and foreign artists, sculptors, numerous objects of folk art crafts of the Vyatka Territory and neighboring Russian regions, works of church art and icon painting.
Location and History
The museum is located in the capital of the Vyatka region, the city of Kirov. His building is located at: st. Karl Marx, 70. The museum was given its modern name in 1989. In 1992, a new building was built near the main building (we are talking about a mansion built in 1815 for the Vyatka merchant I. Repin). Between them is a monument to the founders of the museum. These are artists V.M. Vasnetsov and his brother Apollinariy Mikhailovich.
The monument was created with the support of citizens and has a dedication "from grateful countrymen." The museum complex also includes an exhibition hall located near the main buildings. Here you can visit the unique memorial museum-estate of N.N. Khokhryakova and no less interesting memorial museum-estate of Vasnetsovs.
Vasnetsov Museum: tour of the hall
In the collection funds of the Vasnetsovs museum there are more than 20,000 storage units. The exhibits are divided into specialized departments that represent the permanent exhibition of the museum. Thematic exhibitions are held here, dedicated to significant events of the Vyatka region, dedicated to a particular artist or type of applied art.
The collection of fixed assets, which is the Vasnetsovs Museum (Kirov), is divided into several thematic and temporary departments by definition.
Old Russian and church art
The Department of Old Russian and Church Art began the formation of its fixed assets shortly after the creation of the museum. The beginning of the exposition was laid by N. Mashkovtsev, who insisted on the census and photographing of objects of icon painting and church utensils of the sacristy of the Cathedral. Many exhibits recorded in this inventory later ended up in the vaults and collections of the museum, which saved the unique works of ancient Russian masters from their sad fate during the establishment of Soviet power and the struggle against religion in the 1920s.
Visiting the Vasnetsovs (Kirov) museum, one can get acquainted with church and religious utensils made using various types of folk art - ornamental gold and face sewing, ancient salaries, copper casting, mainly Old Believer, religious vestments, printed and manuscript church books, carved cult objects and, of course, icon painting.
Viewing the collection of the Department of Old Russian and Church Art will allow you to get the most out of the images and stylistics of Old Russian culture, to know the artistic subtleties and traditions of the peoples of the Vyatka region.
Painting
The department of painting contains works by the greatest artists of not only Russia, but also the works of Dutch, Flanders, German, French painters of the 15th – 20th centuries. Russian fine art is represented by such brush masters as Bryullov, V.M. Vasnetsov, Surikov, Repin, Borovikovsky, Shishkin, Benoit, A.M. Vasnetsov, Venetsianov, Serov, Konchalovsky, Perov, Korovin and many other great representatives of the Russian art school, whose museums and galleries of the world dream of possessing works.
Sculptures and graphic exhibits
The sculpture and graphic department also deserves much attention due to its vast and diverse collections. In the collection of these departments there are unique exhibits of both Russian and Western European masters.
The department of decorative, applied and folk art is one of the main areas with which the Vasnetsovs (Kirov) museum works. Unique graceful glass and porcelain products, lacquer miniatures and amazing objects carved from bone are presented here. Wooden works of art made in different parts of Russia deserve special attention due to their uniqueness and originality. The Vyatka art was awarded to the museum collection of this department of a special exposition.
Icon painting and applied art, painting and sculpture, graphics and folk crafts - the variety of types of creativity of the brightest representatives of the art of the Vyatka region and original craftsmen helps to learn and study the traditions, lifestyle and cultural and national characteristics of the population of this ancient and amazing region.