Date:
permanent exposition
Address:
3 Pomorskaya Str.
Phone +7 (8182) 20-56-47, 28-64-87
The exhibition "The Artist of Eternal Ice", which is based on the best works of Alexander Borisov, was opened in 2002. A unique collection of Alexander Borisov’s works, containing more than 400 masterpieces, is the centerpiece of the exposition.
Alexander Borisov, an artist of international fame and a student of the very famous landscape painters Ivan Shishkin and Arkhip Kwindgy, was the first who landed in the Arctic Circle with his paints and brushes and started painting on plain-air this land of eternal cold and ice. In the beginning of the 20th century Borisov’s exhibitions were extremely successful in America and Europe, the King of Norway awarded him a highest medal. More than 60 works by A. Borisov are now at the Tretyakov Gallery.
Open: 10:00-18:00
Day off: Tuesday
Tickets: 10:00-17:15
E-mail: artmus@atknet.ru
Source: http://arhmuseum.ru/museums/view/6 (official website of State Museum Association "Artistic Culture of the Russian North")