"Punch and Judy Show"

Scottish artist: William Barr (1867–1933)
Canvas, oil; 91.4×120 cm
Private collection

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"The Song of the Nightingale"

Scottish artist: Robert Walker Macbeth (1848–1910)
Canvas, oil; 140×114.5 cm
Private collection

The nightingale has long been regarded as one of nature’s most exquisite sounds. In art and culture, it often symbolizes lost love, purity, virtue, and creativity.

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"Crimean Landscape"

Russian artist: Viktor Pavlovich Baturin (1863–1938)
Canvas, oil
Private collection

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"Age of Innocence", 1785

Artist: Joshua Reynolds
Oil on canvas; 76.5×63.8 cm
Private collection

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"Passing Time", 1892

Artist: Benjamin Vautier
Canvas, oil
Private collection

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"Still Life with Lute", 1879

Artist: Hugo Charlemont (Hugo Charlemont)
Canvas, oil
Private collection

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"Music", 1882

French artist: Ernest Hébert (1817–1908)
Canvas, oil; 73.5×58.5 cm
Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris

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"View of Lake Lucerne from Seelisberg", 1862

Swiss artist: Alexandre Calame (1810–1864)
Oil on canvas; 100×140 cm
Private collection

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"Scene from 'Fiesco di Schiller' (Act IV, Scene 14)", 1879

Swiss artist: Antonio Barzaghi-Cattaneo (1831–1922)
Oil on canvas
Private collection

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"Return of the Fishermen," 1890

Artist: Julius J. Klevere
Canvas, oil; 32.5×47.5 cm
Private collection

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Culture and Art in the Age of Automation

Tomorrow, August 25 at 17:00, join us for an open online event by the Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis: Cultural Design: How to Stay Indispensable in an Age of Automated Functions.

We’ll explore why content creation skills alone are no longer enough, how culture becomes a professional tool, and which competencies keep people relevant in times of automation.

We’ll discuss culture not as an abstract field of knowledge, but as a way to understand the present and shape the future.

Free online event.
August 25, 17:00

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"Music"

Artist: Elisabeth Sonrel (1874–1953)
Canvas, oil
Private collection

A renowned French painter, her works span multiple styles—Art Nouveau, Symbolism, and Pre-Raphaelite influences.

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Dancer

French artist: Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (1859–1938)
Canvas, oil
Private collection

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"Hours of Idleness", 1895

American artist: Henry Siddons Mowbray (1858–1928)
Canvas, oil; 304.8×406.4 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum

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"Lost in Thought," 1880

American artist: Julius Leblanc Stewart (1855–1919)
Oil on canvas; 72.4×41.6 cm
Private collection

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By the Window

American artist: Francis Coates Jones (1857–1932)
Oil on canvas
Private collection

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"Two Sleeping Girls", 1895

Swiss artist: Albert Anker (1831–1910)
Oil on canvas
Private collection

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"Music Lover", 1877

Swiss artist: Antonio Barzaghi-Cattaneo (1831 – 1922)
Oil on canvas
Private collection

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"Graveyard," 1891

Swiss artist: Ernst Stückelberg (Ernst Stückelberg, 1831–1903)
Canvas, oil
Private collection

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The State Russian Museum is now on Telegram!

— it's more than just a collection of paintings. It's the soul of a people, reflecting their history.

And we, the Russian people, are not without a past.

The age of our art is immeasurable, and the spirit of ancient talents hovers over our timeless land.

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