Kovalenko Krasnodar Regional Art Museum, Art museum in Krasnodar, Russia.
The Kovalenko Krasnodar Regional Art Museum occupies two buildings on Krasnaya Street: the late-19th-century House of Engineer B. Shardanov at No. 13, built in 1905 by its owner, Adyghe prince Batyrbek Shardanov, in a romantic style with eclectic and national motifs, and the former Yekaterinodar State Bank office at No. 15, built in 1902–1904 to a design by architect I. Malgerb. The Shardanov house retains painted ceilings—Moorish in the former study, Baroque in the great hall—and stair flights decorated with murals, filigree gypsum carving and stucco, with alfresco paintings and stucco restored in 2020. The bank building has marble steps with wrought-iron railings, a vaulted lobby ceiling and red mosaic in the entrance stair.
The museum's founder was Fyodor Akimovich Kovalenko (1866–1919). From 1924 to 1993 it bore the name of Anatoly Lunacharsky, the Soviet education commissar; its founder's name was restored in April 1993. Since 1905 it has occupied the mansion of Adyghe prince Batyrbek Shardanov at Krasnaya 13, built in a romantic style with eclectic and national motifs.
The museum's name honours Fyodor Kovalenko (1866–1919), its founder; from 1924 to 1993 it bore the name of Anatoly Lunacharsky, and Kovalenko's name was restored in April 1993. Its holdings include 2,474 ex libris from the 18th to 20th centuries and 190 Japanese colour woodcuts from the 18th to mid-19th century.
The museum occupies two buildings on Krasnaya Street, at numbers 13 and 15: the former house of Adyghe prince Batyrbek Shardanov and the former Yekaterinodar branch of the State Bank. The Shardanov house preserves painted ceilings, one in Moorish style in the former study, one in Baroque style in the main hall. Restoration in 2020 recovered the alfreyno paintings and stucco decor.
The museum's ex libris collection numbers 2,474 items from the 18th to the 20th century, the largest of its specialized holdings. It is one of the few Russian provincial museums with a dedicated bookplate collection.
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