Tatarstan State Museum of Fine Arts

The Tatarstan State Museum of Fine Arts is located in Kazan, Russia. Its online catalogue presents a painting collection in which landscapes by Ivan Shishkin stand out most clearly, as he is the most represented artist on the website, with works such as The Road in the Valley, Birch Grove, Birches after Storm, Pines and Deciduous Forest. Etude. Alongside him appear Nicolai Fechin, with works such as Pouring and The Slaughterhouse, and Ilya Repin, with the Portrait of Bella Gorskaya and Reading Girl. Fyodor Vasilyev, Vasily Polenov and Alexey Bogolyubov are also present, though in far smaller numbers. Shishkin's pieces show forests, clearings and stands of pine and birch, a motif that runs through much of his presence online. Repin's portraits and Fechin's works widen the picture toward figure painting. It is worth keeping in mind that the selection available online is partial and does not necessarily reflect the museum's full holdings, about which the record offers no further details.