The development of the Central Naval Museum painting collection in the 20s–30s of the 20th century

Abstract

The author devoted this article to the history of the receipt of paintings in the collection of the Central Naval Museum in the 20s–30s years of 20th century. He notes that a large number of publications have been published on this topic, in particular, on the redistribution of canvases from both the palaces of the emperor and members of the former Russian imperial house, as well as from private collections. The Hermitage Commission, created to check the stocks of antique valuables and issue paintings for export, transferred in 1929 to the museum paintings by such marine artists as I. K. Aivazovsky, A. K. Beggrov, A. P. Bogolyubov, L. D. Blinov, L. F. Lagorio, N. N. Gritsenko, V. D. Tkachenko. The receipt of paintings on the history of the regular fleet of Russia, not only enriched the collection of paintings, but also became a turning point in the history of the museum. The author emphasizes that the research of materials about the new items that the museum accepted for the state registration, showed that sometimes the names of paintings and the surnames of artists were not indicated in the lists. He draws attention to the fact that in the passports of museum objects in the column “Accounting numbers and designations”, in the column “Old accounting” there are no previous inventory numbers, despite the inventory that took place in the museum in 1938. At the same time, in the album of the Guards Crew, transferred to the museum in 1918, both the old registration numbers of paintings and the new ones are systematically marked in the passports of museum items. The consequences of this inventory have not yet been overcome. In conclusion, the author emphasizes that filling in the missing information about the formation of museum collection in the twentieth century is one of the important components in the museum’s activities.

Keywords:

Central Naval Museum, inventory, painting, commission, collection, passport of the museum object, marine artist