Saint Petersburg, Russia
Inzhenernaya Street 4, Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russia
Saint Petersburg, Russia
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13 artists in database
The State Russian Museum was founded by Tsar Nicholas II in 1895 to honor his father, Alexander III, who had amassed nearly 600 Russian paintings by the time of his death. Alexander believed St. Petersburg needed a museum to rival Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery and "turn a European capital into the capital of Russian art." The museum opened to the public in 1898, housed in the Mikhailovsky Palace. Initial holdings combined works from the Hermitage, the Imperial Academy of Arts, and the Winter Palace.
Today the museum holds over 400,000 works spanning Russian art from the 10th to 21st centuries, making it the world's largest collection of Russian fine art. Valentin Serov's portraits represent Russian Impressionism, while Wassily Kandinsky and Kazimir Malevich showcase the avant-garde. Ivan Aivazovsky's seascapes and Vasily Surikov's historical paintings fill the galleries. The collection expanded massively after 1917 through state confiscations. In 2022, the museum attracted 2.6 million visitors, ranking among the world's most-visited art museums.
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State Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia houses 53 masterpieces in our database, including works by Konstantin Korovin, Isaac Levitan and Valentin Serov and 10 other artists. Notable works include Girl with Peaches and The Demon Seated.
Browse 53 notable artworks in our database. Click any work to see details and plan your visit.

Valentin Serov, 1887
State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg

Mikhail Vrubel, 1890
State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg

Vasily Surikov, 1887
State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg

Viktor Vasnetsov, 1898
State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg

Isaac Levitan, 1894
State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg