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Individual Donations

The Museum of Private Collections owns works from the collection of Mikhail Vladimirovich Alpatov (1902–1986). A leading Russian art historian, Alpatov wrote classical works on the history of world a...

Donations of Western Collectors

Russians living abroad have not remained indifferent to the fate of the Museum of Private Collections. Ilya Silberstein enthusiastically described the project to representatives of Russian culture on...

David Sterenberg Heritage (Room 309)

In Russia, the first three decades of the twentieth century produced a galaxy of talented and innovative painters, including Wassily Kandinsky, Kazimir Malevich, Alexander Rodchenko and Pavel Filonov...

Vladimir Weisberg Heritage (Room 308)

The heritage of Vladimir Grigoryevich Weisberg (1924–1985) is large in both quantity and quality. This collection of painting is the result of two donations made in the late 1990s by the late artist’...

Alexander Rodchenko and Varvara Stepanova Heritage (Rooms 306–307)

The Museum of Private Collections owns the world’s largest collection of works by Alexander Mikhailovich Rodchenko (1891–1956) and Varvara Fyodorovna Stepanova (1894–1958). The Rodchenko-Lavrentiev f...

Alexander Tyshler Heritage (Room 305)

Alexander Grigoryevich Tyshler (1898–1980) was one of the leading Russian artists of the twentieth century. After his death, his widow Flora Syrkina, an art historian and author of numerous articles ...

Georgy and Orest Vereisky Heritage (Room 304)

In 1996, the Museum of Private Collections was awarded the works of Georgy Semyonovich Vereisky (1886–1962) by his son Nikolai and daughter-in-law Lyudmila – the widow of his son Orest (1915–1993). I...

Leonid Pasternak Collection (Room 304)

The exhibition room dedicated to the art of Leonid Osipovich Pasternak (1862–1945) showcases works of painting and graphic art by this leading Russian artist. Around two dozen works – mostly modelli ...

Alexander Ramm Collection (Rooms 303–304)

The collection of Alexander Naumovich Ramm (1903–1987) reflects the personal tastes of the owner, who did not attempt to pursue academic consistency or completeness. Most experts and viewers are stru...

Svyatoslav Richter Collection (Room 302)

Svyatoslav Theophilovich Richter (1915–1997) was a lifelong friend of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. He held his first concert at the museum in 1949 and often visited the permanent exhibition. In 1...

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