The permanent exhibition of the Gallery of Foreign Art of the Sakha Republic National Art Museum (Yakutia) includes paintings and drawings by Italian, French, Dutch, and Flemish masters of the 16th–19th centuries. The core of the exhibition is an art collection donated in 1962 by the family of the academician, Honored Scientist of the Yakut ASSR, Doctor of Economics, Professor Gabyshev (1902–1958).
The gems of the collection are rightfully considered to be the works of artists of the 17th–19th centuries, including works by unknown artists of the Caravaggio circle, Niccolò Renieri, Giovanni Battista Pittoni and others. The graphics section is mainly represented by printed engravings, including prints from the plates of Dürer, Rembrandt, Callot, and artists of various European schools. In addition, the exhibition is complemented by sculptures and objects of decorative and applied art.
The section “Art of the East”
introduces the objects of the cult of Tibetan-Mongolian Buddhism (Mahayana):
carved wooden and metal sculptures, as well as bone and porcelain products of
utilitarian and decorative purpose by masters of Mongolia, China, and Japan of
the second half of the 19th century. Tibet and Mongolia are mainly represented
by Buddhist deities and mythological characters, Japan — by the famous netsuke,
examples of Chinese art include faience and porcelain objects. The exhibition
is complemented by paintings on scrolls and burkhans as well as works by
contemporary Chinese artists working in traditional genres of painting —
“flowers and birds, ” and “mountain landscapes.”
Exhibits are marked with AR stickers for identification purposes.
