The First Artists of the Altai (1 half of the 20th century)

Collection of works of professional art Altai has more than 3,000 works and is one of the most extensive collections of the museum.
The collection of paintings of the first artists represented by the works of Grigory Ivanovich Gurkin (Choros-Gurke),  Andrei Osipovich Nikulin, Nikolai Semyonovich Shulpinov.
Also there are presented the works by the other Altai artists: Y. Korovai, A. Borisov, V. Karev.

Gurkin (Choros-Gurke) Grigori Ivanovich (1870-1937)
Blooming maralnik.
Oil on canvas, 44,5х58,5.

Gurkin (Choros-Gurke) Grigori Ivanovich (1870-1937)
A Sketch of a Landscape with a Pond. The 1900s
Oil on canvas, 54,5х75.

Gurkin (Choros-Gurke) Grigori Ivanovich
(1870-1937)
The Lake of Mountain Spirits. 1910
Oil on canvas, 95x127.
Nikulin Andrei Osipovich
(1878-1945)
Blue Altai (Altai Glaciers). 1908-1910
Oil on canvas, 87х109

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Gurkin (Choros-Gurke) Grigori Ivanovich (1870-1937)
The carpet. 1924
Gouache on paper. 25,3х34,2

Nikulin Andrei Osipovich (1878-1945)
Sketch of theatrical scenery on the Old Russian themes.
Mixed media on paper. 69,0х120,0

Nikulin Andrei Osipovich (1878-1945)
Portrait of the Artist Chebotarev. 1936.
Italian pencil on paper. 63,0х44,0.

Gurkin (Choros-Gurke) Grigori Ivanovich (1870-1937)

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