Collection of Kosmozero icon painters Abramovs in the collection of the Kizhi Museum-Reserve
No. 2 (25) (2022), Forum
No. 2 (25) (2022)

Collection of Kosmozero icon painters Abramovs in the collection of the Kizhi Museum-Reserve

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UDC 75.046(282.247.211) DOI: https://doi.org/10.46748/ARTEURAS.2022.02.011
Published 2022-06-30
Irina I. Nabokova
Kizhi State Open-Air Museum of Cultural History and Architecture, Petrozavodsk, Russian Federation

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icon painting, icons, attribution of museum objects, Abramov workshop, Mikhey Abramov, Ivan Abramov, Zaonezhsky peninsula, Kosmozero, Kizhi, Karelia,

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Nabokova I. I. Collection of Kosmozero icon painters Abramovs in the collection of the Kizhi Museum-Reserve // The Art of Eurasia, 2022. № 2 (25). P. 112-123. URL: https://doi.org/10.46748/ARTEURAS.2022.02.011.
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Abstract

The article is dedicated to the 110th anniversary of the death of the famous icon painter from Zaonezhye, Mikhey Abramov. The Abramovs' icon-painting workshop, famous throughout Zaonezhye, operated for a century. The icons painted by the Abramovs were both in home peasant iconostases and in many churches of the Olonets province. At present, most of the Abramov icons have been lost or are kept in the collections of museums in the Republic of Karelia without attribution. The funds of the Kizhi Museum-Reserve store the most complete collection of icon-painting works of Kosmozero icon painters. The article discusses the history of the formation of the museum collection, characterizes the icons painted in this workshop, including the unique signature icons of Zaonezhsky iconographers. The author cites the memories of fellow villagers and family members about the organization of work and the life path of the last icon painter of Zaonezhie, Ivan Abramov. The article also raises the question of the fate of the collection of icons and equipment of the Abramov workshop, taken to Finland during the Finnish occupation of Soviet Karelia in 1943, and considers the possibility of replenishing the collection at the present time. The study is based on documents from the National Archives of the Republic of Karelia, the National Archives of Finland (Helsinki), materials from the Scientific Archives of the Kizhi Museum-Reserve, including expeditionary records.

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