Surikov Art Museum

Surikov Art Museum, Krasnoyarsk

Surikov Art Museum is the only large art museum in Krasnoyarsk, which has substantial collections that have high artistic value. It was opened in 1958. The exposition of the museum is represented by ancient Russian art (icons, graphics, sculpture, decorative arts), Russian avant-garde, the art of the XX century, Western European art of the XVII – early XIX century., folk art. Russian art of the XVIII-XIX centuries is represented by the works of I. Kramskoy, I. Aivazovsky, I. Shishkin, V. Tropinin, I. Repin, A. Makovsky and A. Benoit. The pride of the museum is a collection of paintings by B. Surikov (78 works), which is exhibited in a separate room.