National Art Museum of Azerbaijan named after R.Mustafayev The Art Museum is a thesaurus of examples of fine arts and crafts of Azerbaijan and some eastern countries: Turkey, Iran, Japan, Chine, as well as Russian and Western European art. The […]

     

National Art Museum of Azerbaijan named after R.Mustafayev

The Art Museum is a thesaurus of examples of fine arts and crafts of Azerbaijan and some eastern countries: Turkey, Iran, Japan, Chine, as well as Russian and Western European art. The museum is located in two buildings constructed in the end of XIX century that are also historical monuments themselves. The exposition of the museum was created in historical chronological order and in accordance with various national schools. The fine art  of Azerbaijan is represented by painted ceramics, copper and bronze engraved wares, ancient carpets, jewelry, works of Azerbaijani miniature-painters of XV-XVI centuries, lacquered miniature of XVIII-XIX centuries, as well as paintings and sculptures of contemporary painters and sculptors.

The Russian fine art is represented by works of Old Russian School of painting, works of painters of XVIII-XIX centuries – Borovikovskiy, Tropinin, Vereshagin, Serov, Korovin, Rerikh and other outstanding masters of painting.

The paintings of Bassano, Solimena, Brawver, Sustermance, Pitter Class, Kaulbach, Dupre, Buvreetc represent the fine arts of Western Europe.

Address: 9/11 Niyazi str., Baku.

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