Museum of Artistic Development of the Arctic named after A.A.
Borisov is located in the city of Arkhangelsk in a former trading
building with a coach house, which is an architectural monument and
is part of the town-planning complex of the Shingarev-Plotnikovs'
city merchant estate dating from the late 18th - early 20th
centuries.
The trading house with a coach house was built in
1897. The uniqueness and uniqueness of this building lies in the
fact that it was built in 2 floors, and, accordingly, it was higher
than the main house of the estate. At that time, this fact was
considered unacceptable for the building hierarchy of classicism.
How exactly the power-law hereditary citizen of Arkhangelsk E.K.
Plotnikova was able to obtain permission to build this building,
remains a mystery.
In 1994, the building was transferred to the Museum of Fine Arts.
This architectural monument has been mothballed for many years. Only
in 1997, restoration and restoration work began, which continues to
this day. For guests the Museum of Artistic Development of the
Arctic named after A.A. Borisov opened its doors in 2002. The first
exhibition was called The Artist of Eternal Ice. The unique
collection of works by Alexander Borisov, numbering more than 400
works, was the basis for the creation of the museum exhibition.
Alexander Alekseevich Borisov (1866-1934), a world-renowned
painter and painter, was a student of the famous landscape painters
Ivan Shishkin and Arkhip Kuindzhi. Borisov is the first polar
artist, the founder of the artistic development of the Arctic. With
his powerful talent, he created the grandiose images of the Far
North.
The Arctic Museum consists of 5 rooms. Hall I tells
about the exploration of the Arctic, polar expeditions, in which
Alexander Alekseevich Borisov also participated. In addition, you
can see maps of polar routes, photographic materials, models of
ships, navigation instruments and many other exhibits related to the
Arctic theme. In Hall II, you can see paintings by the artist
Borisov. I would definitely like to note that in the history of
Russian painting, he was the first to find himself behind the Arctic
Circle with brushes and paints. Hall III tells about the work of
Ilya Konstantinovich Vylka (1883-1960), another artist of the North.
Rooms IV and V are intended for temporary exhibitions.
Museum
of Artistic Development of the Arctic named after A.A. Borisova
offers visitors excursions on the following topics: "The Artist of
Eternal Ice" (the life and career of A. Borisov), "Colors of the
North" (landscape in the paintings of northern artists), "Born on
Ice" (the genre of animalism in the works of A. Borisov and I.
Vylki).
In addition, the museum has organized a creative
workshop, where you can master the genre of paper-making on Arctic
themes, learn how to make candles (from candle mass) and
candlesticks, create voluminous compositions, Nenets jewelry made of
fur and fabric, and master aerodesign. Game events are also
organized here: "Arctic cabin" (development of the Far North in the
late 19th - early 20th centuries along the roads of famous
travelers: Borisov, Brusilov, Sedov, Amundsen, Nansen), "Mirkator
Club" (navigation, navigation, knitting of sea knots, orienteering
on sea instruments and so on) and “Ice Cream Day” (the game-journey
“Find the Treasure”, theatrical performance “Giggle about Ice
Cream”, the improvised shadow theater “Polar Bear”, and so on).