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New Delhi: Thirty-three rare paintings, all classical 19th and 20th century Russian winter landscapes by leading artists, have stepped out of the Russian Museum at St.Petersburg for the first time in the archive's 115-year-old history for a show in the Indian capital.
Coinciding with the visit of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, "Russian Winter" will be thrown open Friday at the Russian Centre of Science and Culture (RCSC).
"India is the first country where they are being shown. The exhibition marks the 45th anniversary of the RCSC in the capital. The significance of this exhibition is that for the first time in the history of India-Russia relations the Russian Museum has arrived in India to showcase its treasures," Fyodor A. Rozovskiy, director, RCSC, told the media.
A blast of white, pastel, golden and green, the paintings will be showcased at a specially-designed gallery space fitted with gadgets to control temperature and humidity to "protect the rare art works". Offering a sneak preview of the Russian winter landscapes - mostly oil paintings painted between 1810 and 1980 - Rozovskiy said "the world was seeing the winter landscapes of Russia for the first time".
The collection boasts of masters like Boris Koustodiev, Mstislav Dobuzhinskiy, Petr Gruzinskiy, Alexei Savrasov, Konstantin Makovskiy, Nikolai Abutkov and Nikolai Egorovich Sverchkov.
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