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Have you noticed that the subject of a story in the times is more valuable than the subject without history? For example, there is just tea, but tea is harvested single girls. Or this plain white dress, which many in any women's store. But it sold for 4.6 million dollars. The pleated skirt of this dress vzmetayutsya up to Marilyn Monroe in the movie "seven year Itch". Let's go further: Rembrandt's "Danae". In 1985, a mentally disturbed doused the painting with acid. It was restored over 20 years. And now, it can see only through the thick layer of protective glass. When the subject of a story that stretches behind it like the plume, the attitude becomes more reverent and attentive.

Learn 11 fascinating stories about the museums and their exhibits. And visit these museums for free: from 17 October to 30 November 2016 the savings Bank in honor of its 175th anniversary gives everyone the opportunity. Read more on sberbank175.afisha.ru

1. Fine arts museum
they. A. S. Pushkin, Moscow





Philanthropist Yuriy Nechaev-Maltsov has invested in the construction of the Museum 2 million of the 2.6 million existing condition. Initially, the philanthropist had planned to do columns of the Museum from special cold-resistant white marble which was mined in the Urals. But then it turned out that it is impossible to make columns of 10-meter length. They decided to order in Norway. Columns of the Museum floated first by sea on the steamer, and then by barge to Moscow.

Another interesting fact concerns the exhibits. Graphic works exhibited in the Museum, on display not more than 3 months. The coverage of these exhibits should not exceed 50 Lux. After the exhibition the works have a rest in the vault from 6 months to 1 year.

2. Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg





In the Treasury of the Hermitage Museum holds almost 3 million items: paintings, sculptures, drawings, objects of everyday life of emperors, including dinner sets. According to one legend, the Secretary gave in marriage his daughter and decided to take from the vaults of the Hermitage gala gold service for 140 persons. At the time of his specially ordered by Empress Catherine II in the porcelain factory of the English merchant Francis Gardner. Gunsmith, having learned about these plans, decided to protect their own legacy of the Empress. When late at night from the Smolny profit for the service, they met an armed knight in steel armor, who menacingly brandished a huge sword.

But then there was an unfortunate oversight. One of the official shepherds, who in those days were guarding the Museum, grabbed a body part gunsmith, not protected by armor. "The phantom Museum" howled with a human voice, and the operation to rescue the Imperial service failed miserably.

3. Russian Museum, St. Petersburg





According to one version, the color of the Museum is the same color gloves mistress of the Emperor Anna Gagarina (Lopukhina). When the construction of the Mikhailovsky castle was over, on one of the Palace balls Anna Lopukhina dropped a glove. Paul I, trying to be helpful and courteous, first picked it up and was going to return to the owner. But drew attention to its unusual yellow-orange color. After some thought, the Emperor immediately sent her to the architect Vincenzo Brenna, as a sample of the future colors of the castle.

Interestingly, I returned it in the end, the Emperor's glove or left it in architect?

4. State art gallery, Perm





The formation of the collection was like a traditional way (transfer of the capital's museums, search exhibits expeditions and ransom them from the population), and unusual ways. In 1926 a worker locomotive-repair plant the name of which is lost, found in the storerooms of the state Bank (wonder what was he doing there?) and brought to the gallery, "southern landscape" (1866) St. Petersburg academician and marine painter Lev Lagorio.

And the painting "Forest fire" (1897) famous painter Alexei Denisov-Uralsky in 1934 was transferred to the Museum passing through the Perm group of the red army. They said that the picture was kept at the headquarters of their part of the entire Civil war instead of the icon.

5. State picture gallery
they. P. M. Dogadin Astrakhan





The well-known futurist poet Velimir Khlebnikov, was visiting the parents in Astrakhan, in the newspaper "Red warrior" expressed his dream to see the gallery of works of Russian avant-garde. The poet's words proved prophetic, and the gallery of the Museum was enriched with works by Kandinsky, Malevich, Chagall and many others. Today the collection of Russian avant-garde of the Astrakhan art gallery is one of the most famous of Russian museums.

6. Art Museum, Yaroslavl





A few years ago in one of the halls of the Museum exposition was occupied by French gilded armchair XVIII century with images of flowers. Daily caretaker churned soft couch pillow. It would seem, why? After all, in a chair nobody's been sitting. However, in the morning, the pillow was always flattened.

Love to sit in a chair attributed to Catherine the great, whose portrait hung in the same room near the chair. Since then, the Rangers, coming in this morning in the exposition hall with portraits of the XVIII century, where it is concentrated the largest number of images of the Imperial nobility, be sure to say: "good morning, ladies and gentlemen!»

Although the French chair have not exhibited in this room, the habit to shake hands with the August persons remained.

7. Modern art gallery, Irkutsk





Unlike other museums, this gallery is private and belongs to Victor Bronstein. It hosts exhibitions of renowned Buryat artist Zorikto Dorzhiev, who created the costumes for the film "Mongol" by Sergei Bodrov, "children of the Sun" Garik Sukachev and "Celestial wives of the meadow Mari". "I want to create something native and untouched..."— that characterizes its principle artist. Looking at his paintings, we can say that he is great at it.

8. State picture gallery of Primorye, Vladivostok





In the exposition of "still life" by F. Borzenkova (1858, oil on canvas). Admiring this work, it is hard to believe that 10 years she was saved by the skilled hands of the restorers. She entered the gallery with 24 gusts on the canvas. Has done a great job on restoration: clamped breakthroughs, the author's duplicated on a new canvas, restored lost sections of the paint layer. And restorers opened the author's signature and year of creation.

9. State art Museum, Novosibirsk





In the exposition of the Museum there is a picture with a "secret". If you look closely at the work of Petrov-Vodkin "collective Farm girl at lake Ilmen", we can see the outlines of the portrait of A. S. Pushkin. Initially, the artist was planning to write on this canvas a very different story, but, changing his mind, drew initiated a new layer of paint. So you should go to the Museum and to see a profile of the poet.

10. Museum of fine arts, Kazan





Now the Museum is located in the heart of historical part of Kazan in the former residence of General Sandetsky. In the early twentieth century the town was built in such a way that the mansion was almost on its outskirts. And so after the revolution, it has placed the clinic, the medical Museum and the malarial para. And only in 1967, the mansion of General Sandetsky was transferred to the State Museum of fine arts of the Republic of Tatarstan.

11. Art Museum. V. I. Surikov, Krasnoyarsk





During the transfer of works of art in 1957 from the Krasnoyarsk regional Museum created at the time an art gallery, an event took place, which tells I. A. firer (Director of the art school): "Entered Zinaida Konstantinovna (Director of Museum), keeping two fingers over the area. With a sweeping gesture, threw it on the floor:

— Maybe this... take?

— Take, — with readiness I replied, rising from the floor in the picture."

It was Malevich, "the lady at the piano" — one of the pearls of the collection of the Krasnoyarsk art Museum.

"Beauty will save the world" — said the famous classic. And so, as interest in painting, sculpture, graphics is growing every day. People aspire to beauty and to surround yourself with amazing. To touch the magnificent works of artists, painters and sculptors invites Sberbank, which is from 17 October to 30 November 2016 generously gives free admission to each ofthis museum. Come as a family and learn many other fascinating stories about the museums and their exhibits.

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