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1920 the second exhibition was held in Perm. Visitors could observe works of Aivazovskiy, Vasnetsov, Korovin-Nesterov and other famous masters. Later the gallery was extended by exceptional examples of wooden sculpture. It also got the pictures of the famous Russian painters of the XVII th - XIX th centuries. In such a way the gallery was enriched.

In 1927 the Art Museum was named The Perm Gallery. In 1932 it possessed so many exhibits that had to move to a former cathedral, a unique monument of Russian classicism. In 1945 the gallery got the name of the Perm State

Art Gallery.

Not many Art galleries of the country can match the collection of the

Perm State Art Gallery in variety and artistic worth. Our gallery ranks with such treasuries as the Hermitage, the Tretyakov Art Gallery and the

Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.

Now the gallery possesses more than 36000 exhibits, including Russian,

Soviet and West-European paintings, sculpture, works of the decorative Art and numismatics.

The Old Wooden Sculpture of Perm represents an original sphere of the

XVII th - XIX th centuries Russian sculpture. It was inspired by old

Russian Traditions and the Perm local style of wood carving. Wooden

Sculpture of Perm is produced in the technique of sculptural relief and is regarded as “carved icons”. The sculptures are marked by a powerful spiritual potention and produce a great emotional effect.