The article deals with the history of the creative organization «Union of Artists of Russia», its exhibition activity, which was and is one of the main aims of the organization. The role of catalogs as forms of representation of works of art, along with exhibitions has been discussed. The short review of printing exhibition catalogs «Union of artists» of the Soviet period is carried out. The changing of existing of catalogs stimulated by the development of information technologies, by emergence along with printing catalogs of virtual catalogs on the Internet is considered. The article raises the terminological question connected with the definition of the concept of Internet-catalog within a frame work of the given research. The main attention in the article is paid to consideration of the Internet-catalogs presented on web sites in the regional offices of the All-Russian creative public organization «Union of Artists of Russia». Comparison of their structure, information filling, ways of representation a personnel of artists and their works have been carried out. The general characteristic lines for similar catalogs, their merits and demerits have been pointed out.