Nikanor Onatsky Regional Art Museum in Sumy is a state museum in
Sumy
Sumy ( uk, Суми ) is a city of regional significance in Ukraine, and the capital of Sumy Oblast. The city is situated on the banks of the Psel River in northeastern Ukraine with a population of according to the 2021 census, making it the 2 ...
,
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
. Its collection is one of the best in Ukraine and contains works of native and from all over the world artists.
History and exposition
The museum was founded on March 1, 1920, by ''Nikanor Onatsky'' (1875–1937), an artist, teacher and public figure, an apprentice of
Ilya Repin
Ilya Yefimovich Repin (russian: Илья Ефимович Репин, translit=Il'ya Yefimovich Repin, p=ˈrʲepʲɪn); fi, Ilja Jefimovitš Repin ( – 29 September 1930) was a Russian painter, born in what is now Ukraine. He became one of the ...
.
The museum was formed on the basis of local private collections that had been nationalised and O. Gansen’s collection that was located in the city at that time.
The exposition and the funds of the museum number over 15,000 museum pieces.
The exposition occupies eight rooms of the two-storey mansion that was built in the late 19th – early 20th century by G. Sholts, an architect from Sumy, and originally housed the
State Bank of the Russian Empire
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation (CBR; ), doing business as the Bank of Russia (russian: Банк России}), is the central bank of the Russian Federation. The bank was established on July 13, 1990. The predecessor of the bank can ...
. On display there are paintings, drawings, sculptures, decorative works by the old masters as well as by modern artists, from both Ukraine and abroad.
See also
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List of Western European paintings in Ukrainian museums
External links
Some pages about the museum and its collectionNikanor Onatsky Regional Art Museum in Sumy. A set of postcards. Kyiv, Mistectvo, 1964.
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Museums established in 1920
Art museums and galleries in Ukraine
1920 establishments in Ukraine
Sumy
Museums in Sumy Oblast