Scientific Conference (Readings) in Memory of Vladimir Levinson-Lessing (1893 - 1972)

Annual readings in memory of the outstanding scientist Vladimir Franzevich Levinson-Lessing, who worked in the Hermitage for half a century (1893 - 1972), were held in the Hermitage Theatre on October 25 and 26, 2000. Director of the State Hermitage Museum Mikhail Piotrovsky addressed the participants of the conference with an opening speech. Among the participants of the conference were the experts of the State Hermitage - research workers of the Department of the History of West-European Art, the Department of the Art and Culture of Antiquity, the Oriental Department, the Menshikov Palace, the Scientific Educational Department and the scientists from the Museum Country-Seat Arkhangelskoye and the Saratov Art Museum named after Alexander Radishchev. The reports of the participants of the Readings touched upon different problems of the history of world art.

Portrait of Vladimir Levinson-Lessing

At the conference