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Kremlin-citadel (general view)

Kremlin-citadel (general view)

22 мая 2007 — Novgorod - monuments of ancient architecture

Novgorod. Kremlin-citadel (walls and towers dating from 1484-1490). General view from the Torgovaya (Merchandise) Storona.

Czechoslovakian, Hungrrian, Polish and Rumanium art (20th century)

3 мая 2007 — Western european art

Exhibited in this room are works by artists from socialist countries in Europe.

Art of the united states of America (20th century)

3 мая 2007 — Western european art

The exhibition consists almost entirely of paintings by the famous American artist Rockwell Kent (1882-1971).

Finish and Belgium art (20th century)

3 мая 2007 — Western european art

Twentieth century Finnish art is represented by Two Girls of Juho Rissanen (1873-1950) and Morning in a Peasant House by Eero Nelimarkka (born 1891).

Italian art (20th century)

3 мая 2007 — Western european art

The small collection of paintings by twentieth century Italian artists includes some works of the artist, communist and champion of progressive realist art Renato Guttuso (born 1912) – Rocco and Son (1960), and Potatoes on Yellow Paper (1961).

Finnish, German and Spanish art (Late 19th – early 20th centuries)

3 мая 2007 — Western european art

Much of the work of the eminent realist painter Albert Edelfelt (1854-1905) is based upon themes associated with the life of the Finnish people and his native countryside (The Laundresses, Pines in Borga, Fishermen at Sea).

Belgium and Dutch art (19th-20th centuries)

3 мая 2007 — Western european art

Nineteenth century Belgian art is represented by the genre paintings of Joseph Stevenson (1819-1892) and Hendrick Leys (1815- 1869). They are evidence of the strengthening of realist tendencies in nineteenth century Belgian art.

German art (19th century)

3 мая 2007 — Western european art

An important part of the exhibition in these rooms is occupied by an excellent collection of works by the Romantic landscape painter Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), including Harbour at Night, Morning in the Hills and On a Sailing Ship.

French art (19th-20th centuries)

French art (19th-20th centuries)

3 мая 2007 — Western european art

A new chapter in French history was opened in 1789 when, under the onslaught of the Revolution, the feudal Bourbon monarchy collapsed. The artistic movement which expressed the revolutionary aspirations of the progressive factions of French society was Neoclassicism.

French art (15th-18th centuries)

French art (15th-18th centuries)

3 мая 2007 — Western european art

The collection of French art in the Hermitage is exceptionally rich and is the finest outside France among the museums of the world. More than forty rooms are used to house the displays of painting, sculpture and various items of applied art.