The "Drawings and Watercolors" section features over 15,000 works of fine art executed in watercolor, gouache, ink, various types of pencils, including sanguine and dry pastel, and mixed media. Various genres are represented: cityscapes, portraits, still lifes, genre compositions, architectural sketches, sketches of city holiday decorations, sketches for posters, book illustrations, decorative and applied art objects, advertising and packaging, film and theater sets and costumes, and wallpaper sketches, created by Petrograd, Leningrad, and St.Petersburg artists and architects from 1917 to the present times.
