Памятник Васнецовым, Monument to Russian artists in Kirov, Russia.
The Vasnetsov Monument is a paired bronze sculpture on a granite pedestal, installed on 28 May 1992 on Karl Marx Street in Kirov, facing the covered passage between the old and new buildings of the museum. The passage's blank wall serves as the backdrop for the two figures of Viktor and Apollinary Vasnetsov.
The bronze pair on a granite pedestal was unveiled on 28 May 1992, made by sculptor Yuri Orekhov and architect Sergey Khadzhibaronov. It recalls the Vysnetsov brothers' ties to Vyatka, where their brothers Nikolai, Arkady and Alexander lived, and their role in founding the city's art and history museum, opened in 1910. Viktor was an honorary citizen of Vyatka.
The brothers lent their names and support to the Vyatka art and history museum that opened in 1910, and Viktor was an honorary citizen of Vyatka. Each summer flowers are planted beside the sculpture; in 2014 a flowerbed shaped like a painter's palette was laid out.
The bronze figures stand on a granite pedestal against the blank wall of the covered passage linking the museum's old and new buildings, on the Karl Marx Street side. Approach from Karl Marx Street; the passage wall forms the backdrop, so the pair is seen frontally from the pavement. Flowers are planted beside the sculpture in summer.
The bronze pair stands against the blank wall of the covered passage linking the museum's old and new buildings, so the background is part of the composition. Each summer flowers are planted beside the sculpture, and in 2014 a bed shaped like a painter's palette was laid out here.
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