Art knows no boundaries. It speaks its own special language, which is understandable to everyone, and it will say something different to everyone. However, each national school of arts has some unique features inherent only in this culture.
That is why it is so interesting for us to get acquainted with the works of authors of other nationalities. I would like to immerse myself in the atmosphere of their creativity, to try to penetrate into the depths of the national spirit. That is why each art museum in one country will be different from the one in another state. What is the difference between Kazakh art and the Kasteev Museum in Almaty? Read the article to the end and find out.
History of the A. Kasteev Museum of Art
In 1935, in the capital of Kazakhstan, the city of Almaty, an exhibition was organized in honor of the fifteenth anniversary of the formation of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. This year is the beginning of the founding of the modern Kasteev Museum. At first it existed as a KazakhTaras Shevchenko State Art Gallery. Its employees carried out the work of collecting works of art, both domestic and foreign masters.
In 1976, the collection of the gallery was supplemented by the collection of the Museum of Folk Applied Art of Kazakhstan, represented by the works of national Kazakh artists. This institution was founded in 1970. It moved to a new spacious building and became known as the State Museum of Arts of the Kazakh SSR. How many years later, in 1984, he was given the name of the famous and respected artist Abilkhan Kasteev in the Republic.
Who is this?
The Kasteev Museum in Almaty is named after the artist for a reason. It was this watercolor master who became the founder of the national direction of painting in Kazakhstan. A student of the no less famous artist Nikolai Gavrilovich Khludov, he painted unique works in the spirit of socialist realism himself and sought to pass on his skills to his followers. For his contribution to the development of national art, Albikhan Kasteev was awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.
Visiting the master
By the way, at the Kasteev Art Museum in Almaty there is another small building - the house of A. Kasteev. It was built in 1955 by a special decree of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR Dinmukhamed Akhmedovich Kunaev especially for the large family of the artist, who lived and worked here until the end of his days. In homethe atmosphere that was here during the life of Albikhan Kasteev was recreated: pieces of furniture, household utensils, artistic tools - everything seems to be waiting for its owner.
Presented in this museum are the early, youthful works of the master, archival documents, photographs. Here they will talk about his life, creative path, style and iconic works. By the way, the Kasteev Museum is located in Almaty at the address: md. Koktem-3, Satpaev street, 22/1. You can visit it from Tuesday to Thursday, from ten in the morning to five in the evening, on Thursday the museum closes earlier - at four o'clock.
Main Building
State Museum of Arts. A. Kasteeva is not just an art gallery, but a major research, cultural and educational center in the field of fine arts. In addition to exhibition halls, it has its own scientific library, department of innovative technologies. Organized at the museum and its own art studio. It regularly hosts master classes for adults and classes for children.
According to reviews, the State Museum of Art. A. Kasteeva is a huge multifunctional center where everyone can plunge into the atmosphere of creativity.
About the collection
In the fund of the Museum. A. Kasteeva there are more than twenty-three thousand objects of art. Of course, not all of them are exhibited - even the huge building in which the exhibition is now located will not be enough for this. However, from time to time, some canvases and sculptures are nevertheless taken out of storerooms, exhibited at temporary exhibitions, replaced by them.other works.
The museum is divided into several departments. The first of them presents the fine arts of Kazakhstan - paintings by local artists of different times. The second one is dedicated to the arts and crafts of the republic - the authors of the works exhibited in this hall are also Kazakhs. But in the "Foreign Art" section you can see paintings by both Russian artists and Western European masters.
Thus, in the Museum of Arts of the Republic of Kazakhstan named after. Kasteev has a unique collection of fine art that is definitely worth seeing in person.
