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Germany in the paintings of Russian artists

New Jerusalem museum
Rivers and forests, squares and quiet streets – that's how the artists saw this country.

1 Alexander Kotzebue. ‘Battle of Kunersdorf’, 1848

Hermitage Museum

2 Alexey Bogolyubov. ‘Rhine Valley near Ragaz’, 1856

Saratov art museum named after A.N. Radischev

3 Ivan Shishkin. ‘View in the Environs of Düsseldorf’, 1865

Russian museum

4 Ivan Shishkin. ‘Teutoburg Forest’, 1865

Russian museum

5 Alexey Bogolyubov. ‘Bonn. Rhine’, 1870s 

Saratov art museum named after A.N. Radischev

6 Apollinary Vasnetsov. ‘Tiergarten. Turm. Nuremberg,’ 1899

Tretyakov gallery

7 Wassily Kandinsky. ‘Munich. Schwabing’, 1901

Tretyakov gallery

8 Wassily Kandinsky. ‘Murnau,’ 1908

Tretyakov gallery

9 Vasily Polenov. ‘A Corner of Bavaria. Kissingen’, 1910

Tretyakov gallery

10 Nikolay Dubovskoy. ‘Dürer's House. Nuremberg’, 1912

Russian museum

11 Ivan Myasoedov. ‘Sanssouci Palace. Potsdam’, 1927

Private collection

12 Konstantin Gorbatov. ‘Halle. Street with a Church’, 1935

New Jerusalem museum

13 Alexander Deyneka. ‘Berlin. Bridges’, 1945

Kursk state art gallery named after A.A. Deineka