Systematising the Main Fund of the Museum of the Academy of Arts in 1948 (based on the materials from the archive of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the important year in the history of the Museum of the Academy of Fine Arts. It was in 1948 that the restoration of the Museum began after the Great Patriotic War. The article was written on the basis of museum documents of that time, now stored in the Archive of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts and making it possible to study the lost museum valuables and the reasons for their loss. The article is extremely useful for art historians involved in the provenance of works of art, museologists and museum staff, as it publishes archival information that is being introduced into scientifi c circulation for the fi rst time.