The Museum of Fine Arts is an
art museum
An art museum or art gallery is a building or space for the display of art, usually from the museum's own collection. It might be in public or private ownership and may be accessible to all or have restrictions in place. Although primarily con ...
in
Ashgabat
Ashgabat or Asgabat ( tk, Aşgabat, ; fa, عشقآباد, translit='Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk ( rus, Полтора́цк, p=pəltɐˈratsk) between 1919 and 1927), is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lie ...
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Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...
.
It was founded in 1927 by Russian sculptor
A.A Karelin and in 1939 it attained the status of the Museum of Fine Arts.
The museum has more than 6,000 works in its collection, including paintings, sculptures, and graphic works by Turkmen, Russian and foreign artists.
The museum features artwork by such artists as
Ivan Cherinko
Ivan Ivanovich Cherinko (, 1908–1948) was a Ukrainian artist who moved to Turkmenistan, after visiting Ashgabat in 1933 and finding the city beautiful and picturesque. He was among the Russian-trained artists who came to Turkmenistan and created ...
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Byashim Nurali
Byashim Yusupovich Nurali (1900–1965) was a Turkmen primitive painter active during Soviet times. One of the first Turkmen painters, he was killed in an air crash. Nurali was also an art teacher. His works can be found in the Saparmurat Turkm ...
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Husein Huseinov
Husein Huseinov (born 22 September 1951 in Ashgabat) is a Turkmen painter and art director in films.
Biography
In 1977 he graduated from the Art Faculty of the All-Union State Institute for Cinematography in Moscow. In 1982 he joined the USSR Uni ...
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Amangeldy Hydyr,
I. Ilisl,
Izzat Klychev,
S. Babicov and a notable collection of European paintings including Italian, Dutch, Flemish, German and English.
References
1927 establishments in the Soviet Union
Art museums established in 1927
Museums in Ashgabat
Art museums and galleries in Turkmenistan
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