Regional Art Gallery. Savitsky
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In the central part of the city of Penza is a beautiful building in modern style with colorful majolica panels and a tower topped with tetrahedral tent. The author of a romantic architectural monument, built in 1912, is an architect AI von Gauguin. One of the best architecture in the city pamyatniovk once belonged to the Peasant Land Bank (until 1918), and since 1986 the building houses the Art Gallery named K.A.Savitskogo.

Penza Art Gallery, founded in 1892 - one of the oldest and the largest galleries in the area, numbering today more than 12 thousand units of the exhibits. The history of the gallery began in January 1892 with the will of the former governor of the Penza region N.D.Seliverstova transmission of the city art collection, library and more than half a million of money to build an art museum and a drawing school. Five years later, in a vacant lot behind the Cathedral Square was built art school with wonderful view from the window on Zassoursky given. In the same building there was also a picture gallery, whose director was appointed K.A.Savitsky. Thanks to the efforts of Constantine Apollonovich museum collection is enriched creations of masters of world art and the leading masters of Russia. In 1955, after the reorganization of the museum art gallery K.A.Savitskogo assigned name.

Nowadays the collection consists of works of the gallery of ancient art, Russian art of 18-20 centuries, Western European art as well as works by famous artists of Penza. The exhibition includes: drawings, paintings, sculptures and objects of decorative art. The building of the Penza regional art gallery holds regular exhibitions and classical music concerts.

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