Nikanor Onatskiy art gallery Sumy regional art museum named after N.Onatskiy is a state museum in the town Sumy. It owes both: works of Ukrainian and foreign art.

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Nikanor Onatskiy with his family Nikanor Onatskiy (1875-1937) is a prominent

Nikanor Onatskiy with his family

Nikanor Onatskiy (1875-1937) is a prominent Ukrainian

artist and teacher. He is one of the students of Ilya Ryepin
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A bit of history The museum was founded in 1920 The

A bit of history

The museum was founded in 1920
The collection mainly

consited of art works from private colletions, including the collection of O.Hansen
The building of the museum was built by the architect G.Scholz at the end of the 19th century
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Museum today The museum is located in Sumy downtown It has

Museum today

The museum is located in Sumy downtown
It has more than

15000 exhibits
The gallery consists of 2 departments: the department of decorative art and the department of folk decorative art;
One can find works of Borovykovskyy, Kiprenskyy, Shevchenko, Zhemchuzhnikov, Ayvazovskiy. The painting on the background was created by Cherednichenko O. and is called ‘The cape, the road’
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The museum also contains a lot of ancient coins and sculptures

The museum also contains a lot of ancient coins and sculptures
It

has recently gained popularity thanks to different exhibitions
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“Horsewoman”,the painting of Polish artist Julius Cossack

“Horsewoman”,the painting of Polish artist Julius Cossack