Museum of the People's Artist
A.M.Gerasimov
This two-storey brick house is situated in one of the streets in
Michurinsk, named after Alexander M.Gerasimov. It was built by painter's
father Mikhail Gerasimov in 1886. In this house Alexander spent his childhood
and youth and lived here with his parents after the October revolution.
In 1925 A.Gerasimov moved to Moscow. But he annually visited his native
town. In 1961 A.Gerasimov was here for the last time.
The Museum of the famous painter
Alexander Gerasimov was opened here on
March 15, 1977. It includes a coach-house and a barn, where since
1930 there was a painter's studio.
Beside there is a terrace, where he liked to work.
The original things which belonged to Gerasimov's family -
furniture, documents and photos, are collected in the museum. A bronze
bust of A.Gerasimov by the prominent sculpture Ye.Vuchetich was placed in
Michurinsk in 1981.
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