Penza Art Gallery named after Konstantin Savitsky

The Penza Regional Art Gallery named after Konstantin Savitsky was opened on January 1, 1892. Its first director was Konstantin Apollonovich Savitsky, the head of the Penza Art School, after whom the museum has been named since 1955. The gallery was established based on the personal collection of Penza Governor Nikolay Dmitriyevich Seliverstov (1830–1890).

The gallery includes paintings, graphic art, works of decorative and applied arts, as well as sculptures. The museum’s collection comprises over 14,000 exhibits.

Among the gallery’s iconic works, the pieces by Russian avant-garde artists stand out prominently. The regional art gallery boasts the third most significant collection of works by Aristarkh Vasilyevich Lentulov in Russia and one of the largest collections of Robert Rafailovich Falk. Special attention is also given to the works by Ivan Silych Goryushkin-Sorokopudov, who once headed the gallery. The museum attracts approximately 100,000 visitors every year.