On May 13, a train exhibiting 35 replica watercolor paintings by world famous Russian artists specially selected by experts of the State Russian Museum departed from Partizanskaya station of the Moscow Metro.
The unique picture gallery train will run along the Moscow Metro’s Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line.
Standard wagons were redesigned in order to accommodate the paintings.
From left: Deputy Moscow Metro Chief Igor Yermolenko and State Russian Museum Director Vladimir Gusev at the unveiling ceremony of the Moscow Metro’s new Akvarel (Watercolor) train.
Over the next six months, copies of masterpieces by Karl Briullov (1799-1852) and Alexander Briullov (1798-1877), Isaak Levitan (1860-1900), Ilya Repin (1844-1930), Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947) and many other world famous Russian artists will delight passengers.
The train’s exterior has been decorated with bright flower compositions.
The Akvarel (Watercolor) train.
“Although the trains have no security guards or surveillance cameras, not a single case of vandalism has been reported. Nor are other similar trains being vandalized,” Moscow Metro Chief Dmitry Gayev said.
State Russian Museum Director Vladimir Gusev at the unveiling ceremony of the Moscow Metro’s new Akvarel (Watercolor) train.
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