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The State Tretyakov Gallery

The State Tretyakov Gallery is a national art museum. It is one of the most outstanding museums in the World. The Gallery was founded by P.Tretyakov, Moscow merchant and textile manufacturer, and it was named after him. In 1892, Tretyakov gave his collection (about 1800 works) as a gift to Moscow City and the Gallery turned into the city's museums. In the Soviet period, the collection grew up to 100.000 works. All the periods of Russian art from X up to early XX century are presented in 62 exposition halls of the Gallery.

The State Tretyakov Gallery is the national treasury of Russian fine art and one of the greatest museums in the world. It is located in one of the oldest directs of Moscow – Zamoskvorechye, not far from the Kremlin. The Gallery's collection consists entirely of Russian art and artists who have made à contribution to the history of Russian art or been closely connected with it. This is how it was conceived by its founder, the Moscow merchant and industrialist Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov (1832-1898) and how it has remained to this day.

The date of its foundation is usually taken to be 1856 when the young Tretyakov first acquired works by Russian artists of his day with the aim of creating à collection, which might later grow into à museum of national art. "For me, à true and ardent lover of painting, there can be no finer wish than to found à universally accessible repository of the fine arts, which will benefit many and give pleasure to all," wrote the collector in 1860, adding "I… should like to leave à national gallery, that is, à gallery with pictures by Russian artists".

The years passed and the young collector's desire was brilliantly put into practice. In 1892 Moscow, and with it the whole of Russia was presented by Tretyakov with à large and already famous gallery containing about 2,000 paintings, drawings and sculptures of genuine works of Russian art.

Nowadays, the Gallery's Collection contains more than 130 000 works of painting, sculpture and graphics, created throughout the centuries by successive generations of Russian artists. Two separate buildings at different locations – at Lavrushinskiy Pereulok, and at Krymskiy Val, – house the works selected for display. Russian art works, ranging in date from the 11th to the early 20th century, are on the show in Gallery's historic building on Lavrushinskiy Pereulok. Here one can see the outstanding collection of Russian Medieval icon painting, works by best-known Russian artists of the 18th – first half of the 19th century, masterpieces of national art dating to second half of the 19th century, collection of art works of the turn of the 19th century

the gallery's complex located at Lavrushinskiy Pereulok incorporates the Engineering Building, which regularly hosts temporary exhibitions, the “Church of St. Nicholas at Tolmachi” museum, a masterpiece of 17th – 19th century architecture. The latter, contains collection of 15th – 19th century icons, and Russian national palladium – the 12th century icon of “The Virgin of Vladimir”.

10, Lavrushinskiy per.
Tel. (095) 230-77-88, 951-13-62
www.tretyakovgallery.ru
tretyakov@tretyakov.ru
Nearest metro stations: Tretyakovskaya (Kaluzhsko-Rizhskoy linii), Novokuznetskaya

Tretyakov Gallery at 10 Krymsky Val (XX century art).
Tel. (093) 951-13-62, 238-13-78, 230-97-66; recorded message: 230-77-88; lectures: 951-49-16; fax: 953-10-51;
tretyakov@tretyakov.ru
Nearest metro stations: Park Kultury, Oktyabrskaya

Open: 10.00-19.00
Closed: Mondays

XX century gallery
Open: 10:00-19:30
Closed Mondays

For foreigners 140-240R.

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