State Tretyakov Gallery

Tretyakov Gallery is the most famous art museum in Moscow, it is also the main treasury of Russian national art, reflecting the significant contribution of our country to the world culture.

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Highlights

‘ Who was the founder of the Tretyakovka Gallery?
‘ Makovsky Hall
‘ Guglielmi L.Portrait of A.A.Ivanova 1859 marble
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‘ Bryullovskiy Hall

History of the Tretyakov Gallery

The creator of the unique museum saw his brainchild not just as a repository of works by Russian artists, but precisely those paintings that would convey the true essence of the Russian soul – open, broad, full of love for the Fatherland. And so, in the summer of 1892, Pavel Mikhailovich donated his collection to Moscow. This is how the Tretyakovka became Russia’s first public museum.

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%’ Project of the facade of the Tretyakov Gallery by V. M. Vasnetsov, 1900.
‘ Louis Caravaca’s painting Portrait of Empress Anna Ioannovna. 1730
‘ ‘Peasant in distress’ by sculptor Chizhov M.A.

Buildings of the Tretyakov Gallery

The main building of the Tretyakov Gallery at 10 Lavrushinsky Lane in Zamoskvorechye used to belong to the founder’s family – his parents and himself lived in this house. Subsequently, the merchant’s estate was repeatedly rebuilt. The gallery also occupies the buildings adjacent to the main building. The facade, which we can see today, was built at the beginning of the last century, the author of the sketches was V. M. Vasnetsov.

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‘ Engineering Building of the Tretyakov Gallery
‘ Tretyakovskaya Gallery on Krymskiy Valu

What to see at the Tretyakov Gallery

Nowadays, the Tretyakov Gallery is more than just a museum, it is a center for the study of different directions in art. Employees of the gallery, who are high-class professionals, often act as experts and restorers, whose opinions and assessments are listened to. Another asset of the gallery can be considered a unique book fund, which contains more than 200 thousand thematic publications on various directions in art.

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‘ In the Halls of Old Russian Art of the Tretyakov Gallery
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Now directly about the exposition. The modern collection includes more than 170 thousand works of national art, and this is far from the limit: it continues to be replenished thanks to artists, donations from individuals, various organizations and heirs of prominent artists who bring various works as gifts. The exposition is divided into sections, each covering a certain historical period. Let’s name them: Old Russian art, starting from XII and ending with XVIII century; painting of XVII – the first half of XIX centuries; painting of the second half of XIX century; Russian graphics from XIII to XIX centuries, as well as Russian sculpture of the same period.

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‘ ‘Morning in a Pine Forest’ by Ivan Shishkin, Konstantin Savitsky. 1889
‘ ‘Bogatyri’ by Viktor Vasnetsov. 1898

Thus, the section of Old Russian art presents works by both famous icon painters and those who remain nameless. Among the famous names are Andrei Rublev, Theophanes the Greek, Dionisius. In the halls reserved for masterpieces of art of the XVIII – the first half of the XIX century are exhibited canvases of such outstanding masters as F. S. Rokotov, V. L. Borovikovsky, D. G. Levitsky, K. L. Brullov, A. A. Ivanov.

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‘ Tretyakovskaya Gallery treasury
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Another special section of the Tretyakov Gallery displays samples of graphics, the peculiarity of which is that they should not be exposed to direct bright light. They are exhibited in halls with soft artificial lighting, which makes them seem especially beautiful and enchanting.

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For the information of tourists: photographing temporary exhibitions in the Tretyakov Gallery may be prohibited (this is announced separately).

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Opening hours

‘ class=”fancybox” >Tretyakov Monument at the main entrance to the Tretyakovka

The Tretyakov Gallery is open from 10:00 to 18:00 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Sundays; from 10:00 to 21:00 on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The day off is Monday. The tour can be booked at the tour desk, which is located at the main entrance. It lasts from 1 hour 15 minutes to an hour and a half.

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How to get there

To get to the main building of the Tretyakov Gallery in Lavrushinsky Lane, 10, you can take the subway. The stations are: “Tretyakovskaya” or “Polyanka” (Kalininskaya metro line), as well as “Oktyabrskaya” and “Novokuznetskaya” of the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line and “Oktyabrskaya” of the Koltsevaya line.

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