Tretyakov Gallery
Russia · founded 1856
The State Tretyakov Gallery is an art gallery in Moscow, Russia, which is considered the foremost depository of Russian fine art in the world. The gallery's history starts in 1856 when the Muscovite merchant Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov acquired works by Russian artists of his day with the aim of creating a collection, which might later grow into a museum of national art. In 1892, Tretyakov presented his already famous collection of approximately 2,000 works (1,362 paintings, 526 drawings, and 9 sculptures) to the Russian nation.
- Visitors a year
- 3.1MVisitors a year
- Founded
- 1856Founded
What to see
Black Square (1915)
Kazimir Malevich, 1915.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan on November 16, 1581
Ilya Repin, 1883.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Theotokos of Vladimir
1125.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Morning in a Pine Forest
Ivan Shishkin, 1889.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Portrait of an Unknown Woman
Ivan Kramskoi, 1883.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Eleusa
In the museum’s collection.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Plan your visit
Hours
Published on the museum’s own site. Confirm on www.tretyakovgallery.ru before you travel.
Getting there
Lavrushinsky Ln, 10.
On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
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