Art Gallery of the Smolensk State Museum-Reserve

The gallery building is a monument of civil architecture of the XIX century, the former Alexander real school. This magnificently built three-storey building with palace representation, is rightly considered one of the most beautiful in Smolensk. A significant section is the collection of ancient Russian art of Princess M.K. Tenisheva, represented by icons of the XV-XIX centuries. The pride of the collection is the works of V.A. Tropinin, I.K. Aivazovsky, A.I. Kuindzhi, V.A. Serov, I.E. Repin, K.A. Korovin, A.N. Benois, L.S. Popova and other masters of Russian art. Amateurs will appreciate the domestic painting and sculpture of the XX century. This period is also represented by Smolensk artists.

On the basis of the estate collections, an extensive collection of works by Western European artists was formed, including examples of Italian, Dutch, Flemish, Dutch painting of the heyday. The names of many authors, such as B. Strozzi, J. A. Pellegrini, J. Asselain, are rarely found in provincial collections of Russia. Indisputable value are paintings by Spanish artists of the XVII century, one of which belongs to the brush of F. de Zurbaran. German painting is represented by numerous works of landscape painters of the Munich school, French - works of various trends, from rococo to impressionism.

The art gallery provides conditions for educational work with schoolchildren and students, there is a hall for temporary exhibitions from the museum funds.