Simferopol Art Museum (Simferopol)

 listed building / architectural heritage, art museum / art gallery, 20th century construction, object of cultural heritage of regional importance (Russia)

The museum was created in 1922 as an art department of the Central Museum Tauris. In 1936 this department was reorganized into an independent Simferopol art gallery (opened November 8, 1937), and in 1966 - in Simferopol Art Museum.

The prewar collection consisted mainly of works removed from the palaces and estates in the Crimea. During the Great Patriotic War, it was lost. Currently, the museum houses 77 works surviving from the pre-war collection.

In the postwar period, the museum was completed from the funds of the leading museums of the USSR, from the Directorate of Art Exhibitions and through acquisition from private owners. Currently, the museum contains about 7000 paintings, drawings, sculptures and decorative art. Including unique monographic collections Crimean artists Kazas M., A. Kozlov, V. Annunciation, I. Mozalevsky.

Museum exhibition presents the main stages in the development of fine arts in Russia and Ukraine from the XVI century to the present day.

The most significant exhibits include
- Icons of the Moscow school of the XVI and XVII centuries,
- Portraits by D. Aevitskogo, V. Tropinin, A. Venetsianov, I. Repin, N. Yaroshenko, A. Bakst;
- Landscapes I. Aivazovsky, A. Kuindzhi, I. Shishkin, V. Orlov, V. Polenova;
- Thematic pictures Ge, P. Fedotov, N. Cherenova.

Typical examples of academic art are paintings H. Robertson, P. Shamshina, A. Karneeva.

In the halls of the art of XX century the works of A. Deineki, K. Petrov-Vodkin, R. Falk, Konchalovsky, et al

The museum exhibit created "Artists of Ukraine", where works by N. Murashko, N. Pimonenko, K. Troutovsky, S. Vassilkovsky, T. Yablonska, N. Glushchenko etc.

In the hall "Crimean Art of XX century one can see works Bogayevsky K., Voloshin, Y. Volkov, N. Barsamov, I. Mozalevsky, S. Mamchich, K. Dudchenko, V. Trusov, etc.

The museum annually 25 - 30 stationary exhibitions on different themes, including the original exhibition: "Surprise of the" Kinder-surprise "," History of Dolls, "" Origami ". Since 1996, a" Biennale chamber watercolors of Crimea, which is the most major exhibition projects in the Crimea. It differs from the usual show several features: strict conditions, a stable frequency, competitive basis.

The structure of the museum include:
- Division of funds
- Exposition and exhibition divisions,
- Department of scientific propaganda,
- Library
- Restoration Workshops,
- Accounting and housekeeping part.

The nature of the scientific work of the museum determined the composition of its funds and thematic exhibitions.

Recently, in the magazines "Crimean museum's articles RA Podufaly" The hypothesis of the viewer. (Album autolithography KF Bogaevsky: composition and subject); Grishchenko, G. Fedotov, "History of the collection.

Museum staff are exhibition catalogs, including: "Biennale chamber watercolors of Crimea, Crimean miniature", the album "Nick Dudchenko" (by R. Podufaly introductory article, published in Greek in the city of Heraclea).

As a result, a large search engine work carried out by museum staff, was created and prepared for print catalog of pre-war collection, which was lost during the Great Patriotic War (authors: N. Dyachenko, G. Fedotov, N. Grishchenko).

Each year the museum held "Crimean art critical reading" - scientific conference of museum professionals in the theory, history and art criticism of the Crimea, which are based on published compilations (5 issues).