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The National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus

Coordinates: 53°53′54″N 27°33′38″E / 53.89833°N 27.56056°E / 53.89833; 27.56056
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National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus
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Established1939
LocationMinsk, Belarus
DirectorVladimir Prokoptsov
Websiteartmuseum.by

The National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus (Belarusian: Нацыянальны мастацкі музей Рэспублікі Беларусь, romanized: Nacyjanaĺny mastacki muziej Respubliki Bielaruś ) is the largest art museum in Belarus and is located in its capital, Minsk. The museum comprises more than thirty thousands works of art which make up twenty various collections and constitutes two main ones: the one of national art and the other of art monuments of various countries of the world. It was formerly known as the State Art Gallery.

History

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An important precusor of the museum was the Vitebsk Museum of Modern Art which existed from 1919 to 1925, in the early years of the Soviet era. The Vitebsk art scene was vibrant due to the presence of important artists including Malevich, Chagall and Lissitzky.[1] The remaining paintings in this museum were transferred to the Vitebsk Regional Museum in 1925.[2] In 1939, most of these would be relocated to the newly founded State Art Gallery in Minsk.[3]

The gallery was created on January 24, 1939 under the Resolution of the Council of People's Commissars of Belarus. The gallery took 15 halls of Graduate Agricultural School, former Minsk Girls Gymnasium. Besides divisions of painting, sculpture, and graphics, a separate division of art industry was created by a special order.[citation needed] At this time, the gallery was led by prominent Belarusian painter-ceramist Mikalai Mikhalap.[4]

At the beginning of 1941, the State Art Gallery's funds and stocks had numbered nearly 2,711 artworks out of which four hundred were on display. The fate of the whole collection was unfavorable during the first days of the Great Patriotic War. In a short time it would disappear without a trace.[citation needed]

After the War, a small part of the works of art was returned, mainly those which had been at the exhibitions in Russia before the War. In spite of the postwar devastation, when Minsk lay in ruins, the Government of Belarus allocated sums of money for purchasing works of art for the Gallery. In August 1945, the canvases by Boris Kustodiev, Vasily Polenov, Karl Briullov and Isaak Levitan were obtained.[citation needed]

In 1993, the museum was renamed the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus.[4]

Former directors

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References

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  1. ^ Walther, Ingo F.; Metzger, Rainer (2000). Marc Chagall: Painting as Poetry. Cologne: Taschen. p. 44-46. ISBN 3822859907.
  2. ^ Шишанов, В.А. (2018). "Витебский музей современного искусства в полемике и практике художественных течений 1918–1922 гг" (PDF). Ученые записки. 26: 111–119. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  3. ^ Исаков, Г.П. (2001). "Из истории коллекции Витебского музея современного искусства (1919–1941 гг.)" (PDF). Веснік Віцебскага дзяржаўнага ўніверсітэта. 19 (1): 53–58. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Современность и история". Нацыянальны мастацкі музей Рэспублікі Беларусь. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  5. ^ Гаўрыш, Віктар. "Інтэрв'ю генеральнага дырэктара Нацыянальнага мастацкага музея Ганны Конанавай газеце "Культура"". Нацыянальны мастацкі музей Рэспублікі Беларусь. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
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