[Mpls] Museum of Russian Art lands in Minneapolis

[Pulse of the Twin Cities]

Pulse of the Twin Cities
June 1 - June 7, 2005
Volume 9, Issue 9 * Free
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1. Museum of Russian Art lands in Minneapolis 
by Natasha Walter
http://pulsetc.com/article.php?sid=1859

Curiously, the newly relocated Museum of Russian Art is housed in a 
Spanish-Revival style church based on elements of the Texas Missions of 
San Antonio. The orange tiled roof and desert-style garden are a 
dramatic contrast to the extensive collection of Russian realism inside.

In the Russian Tradition showcases 50 historically significant paintings 
from collections at the State Tretyakov Gallery of Moscow and from the 
museum itself. The exhibit emphasizes that Russian realist painting was 
built upon the cumulative knowledge of generations of master painters 
with art academies as bastions of rigorous and formal art education.
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