Igor Savitsky

Igor Savitsky
Born4 August 1915
Kyiv, Russian Empire
Died27 July 1984(1984-07-27) (aged 68)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Known forPainting, Art collecting

Igor Vitalyevich Savitsky (Russian: И́горь Вита́льевич Сави́цкий) (4 August 1915 in Kyiv, Russian Empire – 27 July 1984 in Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Ukrainian-born painter, archeologist and collector, especially of avant-garde art. He single-handedly founded the State Art Museum of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, named after I. V. Savitsky, an art museum based in Nukus, Uzbekistan.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ Friends of the Nukus Museum, ed. (2015). Homage to Savitsky : collecting 20th-century Russian and Uzbek art : Karakalpakstan State Museum of Art, named after I.V. Savitsky, Nukus, Private Collections, Moscow. Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art Publishers. ISBN 3897904306.
  2. ^ Babanazarova, Marinika (2011). Igor Savitsky : artist, collector, museum founder. London: Silk Road Publishing House. ISBN 9780955754999.
  3. ^ Babanazarova, Marinika (2022). Souvenirs of Savitsky. Tashkent: Baktria Press.
  4. ^ Moore, Suzanne (21 May 2019). "The lost Louvre of Uzbekistan: the museum that hid art banned by Stalin". the Guardian. Retrieved 12 November 2022.