Important masterpieces of European painting from the Ukrainian city of Odesa have been
preserved from the threat of damage during the ongoing war. In this magnificently produced
volume the collection shines forth in superlative reproductions alongside texts in English
German and Ukrainian - a symbol of solidarity with Ukraine and its cultural institutions. At
the heart of this publication are seventy-six works from the painting collection of the Odesa
Museum of Western and Eastern Art - masterpieces of European art that span the sixteenth to the
nineteenth century. Presented in an art historical dialogue with exquisite works from Berlin's
Gemäldegalerie this unique collection encompasses Biblical and mythological stories from Italy
and the Netherlands portraits still lifes genre scenes images of the Madonna and
landscapes by artists such as Francesco Granacci Bernardo Strozzi Cornelis de Heem Frans
Hals and Andreas Achenbach.
