Soukatchov Regional Art Museum, Art museum in Irkutsk, Russia.
The Soukatchov Regional Art Museum occupies four historic mansions in central Irkutsk. Its main building at 5 Lenin Street is a two-storey stone mansion built in 1905–1907 by architect D. R. Magidey, showing Russian and Western European art from the 17th to early 21st centuries and Asian art from China, Japan and Mongolia (14th–20th centuries). Two mansions on Karl Marx Street (Nos. 23 and 25) hold Siberian art and temporary exhibitions, while the Sukachev estate on Dekabrskikh Sobytiy Street displays the family's memorial rooms.
The museum originated from the private art collection of Irkutsk's mayor Vladimir Platonovich Sukachev, who gathered works during the late 19th century. This personal collection became the foundation for one of the region's major art institutions.
The museum's name honours Vladimir Sukachev, the Irkutsk mayor whose late 19th-century gallery founded the collection. Its Old Russian section holds icons and wooden sculpture from Moscow, Novgorod, Pskov and Mount Athos workshops alongside northern and Siberian pieces. The East Asian rooms show Chinese, Japanese and Mongolian bronzes, enamels, lacquer and porcelain from the 14th to 20th centuries.
The museum is spread over four historic buildings in central Irkutsk, so plan which one to visit first. The main building at 5 Lenina Street has its own stop, "Khudozhestvenny Muzey"; the Karl Marx Street mansions are near the "Gastronom No. 1" stop. The Sukachev estate on Dekabrskikh Sobytiy Street is served by the "Usadba Sukacheva" stop.
The East Asian section holds Chinese, Japanese and Mongolian bronzes, enamels, prints, lacquer and porcelain from the 14th to the 20th century. It sits in the main building on Lenin Street, a two-storey stone mansion built in 1905–1907 to a design by architect D. R. Magidey.
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