National Museum Of Fine Arts, Chişinău
Overview
In 1939, the sculptor Alexandru Plămădeală selected some 160 works by Bassarabian and Romanian artists in order to set up the first Picture Gallery of Chișinău whose director was Auguste Baillayre, painter and professor at Ecolle de Belle Arte of Chişinău. The first museum of Bassarabian fine art was opened on November 26, 1939; its successor became the National Art Museum of Moldova. In the first days of World War II, the art pieces displayed in the Gallery, together with others donated by the Ministry of Culture and Cults of Romania were loaded into two lorries and delivered to Kharkiv; the fate of these collections remains unknown until present.
Building
The building of the museum (architect Alexander Bernardazzi) is a monument in Moldova. It was previously known as Dadiani's female gymnasium.
Another department of the museum is located in the Herța House (urban villa), located between Ștefan cel Mare and Sfînt Avenues.
Solo exhibitions
The museum has general and specific exhibitions. Ada Zevin was among those with solo exhibitions in 1960, 1970 and 1980.
Other works in the collection include those of Claudia Cobizev.
Selected artworks
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Plămădeală Alexandru, 1888-1940, Self-portrait
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Lidia Arionescu Baillayre, 1880-1923 Portrait of a Woman, 1904
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V. I. Surikov (1848-1916), Study for the painting "Annunciation"
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I. I. Şişkin (1832-1898). Pines
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J. Jordaens (1563 – 1678), Jupiter's education
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Józef Oleszkiewicz (1777-1830), Portrait of PV Meatlev, 1825
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Federico Ruiz (1837-1868), Emperor Franz Joseph I
Selected prints
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Tsukioka (Taiso) Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), The Moon on Mount Jiming, 1886
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864), Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (1826-1869), Nagasaki Maruyama Pleasure District, 1861
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864), Genji, modern, admiring cherry blossoms, 1859
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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1885), Hashirii Teahouse
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Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900), Nakamura Shikan as Gen'emon, Onoe Kikugorō as Bantō Zenroku
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Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), Escape to Egypt
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Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), Portrait of Bilibaldi Pirkeymheri
See also
References
- ^ MUZEUL NATIONAL de ARTA al MOLDOVEI.
- ^ Muzeul Național de Arte Plastice.
- ^ "Artists from Moldova : Ada Zevin". orhei.dnt.md. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- ^ "National Museum of Fine Arts | Chisinau". Visit Chișinău. Retrieved 2023-05-13.