Our Russian Icon Book Is at the Ivanovo Regional Art Museum
We are overjoyed every time our Russian icon book appears in one more reputable institution across Russia. In the latest news, “Russian Icons from the Mid-17th to the Early 20th Centuries: The Collection of Oleg Kushnirskiy” is already on sale at the Ivanovo Regional Art Museum. We are incredibly grateful to the museum for helping us reach an even larger audience. We are also glad to be collaborating with institutions not only in the capital city but also all over the country.
Our Russian Icon Book Is at the Ivanovo Regional Art Museum
Ivanovo is known as a city with hundreds of cultural sights and beautiful architecture, both modern and antique. It is also considered an industrial center of the Ivanovo region, with fabrics producing textiles scattered all over the city, hence its nickname “the capital of textiles.” Of course, there are also museums, and the Ivanovo Regional Art Museum stands out among all of them.
The Ivanovo Regional Art Museum is not a regular regional art museum; it has a surprisingly large collection of ancient cultural relics and artwork by European and Russian artists. The museum also has an exclusive collection of pieces from various art schools – Moscow, Stroganov, schools of the towns of the Volga region, and icon-painting centers of the Vladimir-Suzdal region (Palekh, Mstera, Kholuy). Considering the fact that a lot of icons in our Russian icon book come from what is now known as the Ivanovo region, its appearance at the Ivanovo Regional Art Museum is indeed a special event.
“Russian Icons from the Mid-17th to the Early 20th Centuries: The Collection of Oleg Kushnirskiy” is a book cataloging the personal collection of Oleg Kushnirskiy. This is the first time the collection has been shared with the public. The book contains illustrations of the pieces, along with their descriptions and useful background information. It also includes insightful articles authored by leading researchers in the fields of art history and culture. The catalog presents forty-six icons of Orthodox religious figures and scenes, as well as images of the Mother of God and Christ.
Our icon catalog has been rapidly appearing in the country’s largest bookstore chains. It is also on sale at the Museum of Russian Icons in Moscow. Besides, many Russian libraries have included the book in their collections.
We are incredibly honored to be spreading the knowledge about the icon painting tradition. We hope that our Russian icon book will encourage more people to learn about this beautiful and important part of Russian cultural heritage.