Irina Aleksandrovna Antonova was a Soviet and Russian art historian who served as a Director of the Pushkin Museum in Moscow for 52 years, from 1961 to 2013, making her the oldest and the longest serv
Antonova in 2014
Antonova receives the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" from President Putin, 2002
Antonova receives the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" from President Putin, 2007
Antonova receives the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" from President Medvedev, 2012
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts is the largest museum of European art in Moscow. It is located in Volkhonka street, just opposite the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. The International musical f
Irina Antonova
…Russian: Ири́на Алекса́ндровна Анто́нова; 20 March 1922 – 30 November 2020) was a Soviet and Russian art historian who served as a Director of the Pushkin Museum in Moscow for 52 years, from 1961 to 2013, making her the oldest and the longest serving director of a major art museum in the world. Among her many…
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
André Derain, 1905, Le séchage des voiles (The Drying Sails), oil on canvas, 82 x 101 cm. Exhibited at the 1905 Salon d'Automne.
Stele with two Hellenistic soldiers of the Bosporan Kingdom; from Taman peninsula (Yubileynoe), southern Russia, 3rd quarter of the 4th century BC; marble, Pushkin Museum