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Tretyakov, who was the first to appreciate the new trends that appeared in Russian painting at the end of the 19th century, started acquiring the works of then young and still little-known artists.
In the twenties the Gallery was enlarged through the addition of the collections of the major Moscow collectors I. Ostroukhov and I. Tsvetkov, S.Shcherbatov, of paintings from the Historical Museum and of works of art from palaces, estates and churches.
With the rise of the Moscow Principality in the 15th century the icon was moved to Moscow's Kremlin and began to be revered as the palladium of the Russian state.
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The American Friends of The Tretyakov Gallery Foundation was formed to support the national and international activities of the museum and hosts the Annual Tretyakov Ball in New York to raise funds to support these programs.
With equal ambition and urgency, the Foundation is also focused on the extensive renovation, restoration and modernization programs to usher The Tretyakov Gallery into the XXI Century and secure the preservation of this national and historic treasure.
The Foundation is worthy of an artistic tapestry that clearly demonstrates an openness to and acceptance of a global embrace and respect of cultural pluralism and remains committed to the continuity of Russian consciousness through knowledge and understanding.
www.aftgusa.org   (500 words)

  
  State Tretyakov Gallery
Tretyakov who conceived the creation of the public gallery comprehensively representing the history of Russian fine art bought pictures relying only on his taste.
In the late 1860s Tretyakov inspired by the popular at the time enlightenment idea of the prominent role of the personality in the history conceived the creation of the portrait gallery of the outstanding Russian culture and art figures.
Soon after the revolution of 1917 the Gallery was nationalized and its collection was enriched with paintings from the expropriated private collections and abolished museums.
www.moscow-hotels-russia.com /tretjakovka.htm   (605 words)

  
 Tretyakov Art Gallery Tour in Moscow. Excursion.Travel and tour to Russia. Moscow City Tour and Novodevichy Convent. ...
The State Tretyakov Gallery is the national treasury of Russian fine art and one of the greatest museums in the world.
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 а collection, which might later grow into а museum of national art.
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.
www.bestrussiantour.com /dailyfiles/etretyakov.htm   (440 words)

  
 Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
The Tretyakov Gallery houses one of the most celebrated and extensive collections of Russian art and artifacts in the world.
The gallery was named after the financier and entrepreneur Pavel Tretyakov (1832-98), who donated approximately 2000 works of Russian art from his own private collection to the city of Moscow at the end of the 19th century.
Without Tretyakov's extensive and generous patronage of the arts many Russian artists would not have been able to achieve the artistic success that they did and the world of Russian art would be considerably diminished.
www.moscow-hotels.net /attractions/tretyakov-gallery.html   (268 words)

  
 Moscow State Tretyakov Gallery of Russian Art
The Tretyakov gives you the chance to discover the rich tradition from which these great artists sprang onto the world stage.
Often referred to as the Old Tretyakov to differentiate it from the annex next door, the gallery has 62 rooms and 100,000 works charting the development of Russian painting from the 10
In 1918 the gallery was transferred into the hands of the state, and received its present name.
www.moscow.info /museums/state-tretyakov-gallery.aspx   (558 words)

  
 Moscow Attractions. STATE TRETYAKOV GALLERY.
State Tretyakov Gallery is the national museum of Russian fine arts of X -XX centuries.
It is situated in Moscow and bears name of its founder - Moscow merchant and textile manufacturer Pavel Tretyakov.
Besides, the structure of the Tretyakov Gallery includes memorial museums: A. Vasnetsov's flat, V. Vasnetsov's
www.moscowcity.com /attractions/tretyakovka.htm   (82 words)

  
 All-Moscow.ru: Site view   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The "Trinity" is exposed in the Tretyakov Gallery.
His best canvases (such as "The morning of the Execution of the Streltsy", 1881, the Tretyakov Gallery) are devoted to events of the seventeenth century - a time of numerous revolts and broad popular movements.
The art of this period is represented fairly fully in the Tretyakov Gallery.
all-moscow.ru /culture/museum/tretyak/tretyak.en.html   (967 words)

  
 TRAVEL ADVISORY: CORRESPONDENT'S REPORT; New Tretyakov Gallery A Decade in the Making - New York Times
Restored, enlarged, and beautifully renovated, the Tretyakov Gallery is now the most dazzling museum in Moscow.
The Tretyakov was closed for repair before perestroika and glasnost liberated paintings long banned as anti-Soviet by Communist authorities.
The central part of the main gallery was once the mansion of the wealthy merchant and art collector Pavel M. Tretyakov, who donated his home and his 2,000 artworks to Russia in 1892.
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 Art, Photo Museums and Galleries in Moscow -- WayToRussia.Net Guide to Russia
Tretyakov gallery has a nice collection of those paintings made in the Soviet times.
There are always many tourists in the gallery but it is interesting for natives too -many Russians regularly visit "Tretyakovka" to have a look at their favorite artists.
The gallery also organizes temporary exhibitions, at the moment it's called "the Holy land of Russia" displaying Russian art from XVth to XIXth century related with orthodox religion.The old icons depict the birth of Christ and other religious themes in crazy compositions completely free of perspective rules, and realistic proportions.
www.waytorussia.net /Moscow/Art.html   (1806 words)

  
 Russia Profile - A Birthday for the Tretyakov   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Tretyakov will continue to function as a preserve of Russian culture, but its overseers are looking to tap into new audiences while exploring novel tools and technologies to showcase its riches to the world.
Although the Tretyakov has grown from the core established by its founder, the exhibit focused on the pieces from the original nucleus.
Tretyakov’s greatest legacy could be that the collection he left behind will continue to invite support of culture by Russia’s latter day financiers.
www.russiaprofile.org /culture/2006/4/14/1354.wbp   (1397 words)

  
 Russia / Exploring Moscow / Museums & Fine Arts
The Tretyakov Gallery possesses the finest collection of traditional Russian painting in the world.
The core of the museum's collection was assembled in the middle of the nineteenth century by Pavel Tretyakov, a wealthy Moscow merchant whose passion for collecting included violins, birds, and milk cows as well as Russian art.
Tretyakov donated his extensive collection to the city in 1892, and subsequent enlargement has long since provided the Gallery with far more works than it can possibly exhibit in its limited space.
www.geographia.com /russia/moscow04.htm   (372 words)

  
 New information technologies in the State Tretjakov Gallery.
The State Tretyakov Gallery is the leading museum of Russian art, it is actually a chain of art museums in Moscow.
Today the Tretyakov Gallery collection contains more than 100,000 items (paintings, drawings and sculptures from XVIII to XX centuries and old Russian icons) which are housed not only in the main building in Lavrushinsky Lane, but also in the premises at 10 Krymsky Val, this latter section being a chronological continuation of the former.
Today the Gallery's historical nucleus is a lovely ensemble dominated by the slender bell-tower of the Church of St Nicholas, the Gallery's private chapel.
www.cpic.ru /Publicat/08-98.htm   (2574 words)

  
 Evans.ru: Tips - Tretyakov Gallery Area
Among residential buildings of the soviet time, the most notable is # 17 in Lavrushensky lane – a Stalin period building located right next to the Tretyakov gallery.
Tretyakov Gallery has a beautiful collection of Russian Art and a nice way to spend you Moscow Sunday afternoon.
For movie-goes, there are two “5 Zvezd” movie theaters in the area, which show both blockbusters and European movies, and also one of the few places in Moscow, where you can see a film in its original version with subtitles.
www.evans.ru /search/?tips=11008   (207 words)

  
 Tretyakov Gallery (Old) - Moscow - Reviews of Tretyakov Gallery (Old) - TripAdvisor
Tretyakov Gallery (Old) - Moscow - Reviews of Tretyakov Gallery (Old) - TripAdvisor
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 Travel with us to Russia. Excursions in Moscow: Tretyakov Art Gallery
The founder of the gallery was the entrepreneur Pavel Tretyakov (1832-1898), who was from the merchant class.
Later, the West European paintings of the Tretyakov Gallery were transferred to the Hermitage and the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, and the Tretyakovka (an endearing term used by Muscovites to refer to the gallery) began to specialise exclusively in Russian art.
In a branch of the Tretyakov Gallery located in the Central House of Artists there is a permanent exhibition entitled "Another Art," which consists of the paintings of the 1920s through 1970s that could not be exhibited during the years of the Soviet Union because they did not coincide with the communist ideology.
www.mita-tour.com /tretyakov.htm   (757 words)

  
 Russia, Art, Tretyakov Gallery - JRL 5-23-06
Even as the Tretyakov Gallery celebrates its 150th birthday, it has plans to transform itself into a fully modern, high-tech museum.
The gallery, which this week celebrates the 150th anniversary of its founding, has recently adopted a number of measures to become more user-friendly.
Elzesser said that she and Andrei Yerofeyev, the head of the Tretyakov's contemporary art department, were awarded a grant from the Vladimir Potanin Charity Fund's "Changing Museum in a Changing World" program to create a contemporary art club in the building on Krymsky Val.
www.cdi.org /russia/Johnson/2006-120-44.cfm   (1589 words)

  
 IntArt - International Foundation of Russian and Eastern European Art - The American Friends of the Tretyakov Gallery
The new non-profit foundation called "The American Friends of the Tretyakov Gallery" was established in 2002.
Amongst the dignitaries in attendance who lent their support for the evening were Dr. James H. Billington, The Librarian of Congress, and Valentin Rodionov, General Director of The State Tretyakov Gallery.
As a gesture of appreciation and a symbol of a future relationship, INTART presented a gift to the permanent collection of the Tretyakov Gallery- artworks by Komar and Melamid and Grisha Bruskin.
www.intart.org /tretyakov.php   (364 words)

  
 The Central House of Artists and the new Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, Russia
The Tretyakov's main exhibition centers on Russian art of the 20th century, and encompasses everything from the avant-garde and constructivist canvasses of the 1920s, to the garish Stalinist kitsch of the 1930s and the "new wave" underground art of the 1960s and 1970s.
The gallery's exhibition is impressive in its scope and the sheer size of some of its canvasses and is an essential stop for anybody interested in modern art.
The park was initially started as a "Graveyard to Fallen Monuments" of the Soviet era and included an impressive statue of the notorious head of the Cheka secret police Felix Dzerzhinsky, which stood outside the Lubyanka until it was toppled in 1991, and an enormous statue of Stalin.
www.moscow-taxi.com /art-galleries/central-house-of-artists.html   (360 words)

  
 HAD Magazine
On Monday November 28th, the First Annual Tretyakov Ball organized by The American Friends of The Tretyakov Gallery Foundation was hosted at one of the oldest and the most exclusive private clubs of Manhattan on Fifth Avenue.
The Tretyakov Gallery is the largest museum in Moscow which houses a vast collection of Russian masterpieces from the 13th to the 21st centuries.
Many of the paintings in the exhibition entitled “Russia!” currently held at the Guggenheim Museum entitled are from the Tretyakov Gallery.
www.hadofnyc.org /magazine/articles/dynamic_duo/dynamic52.htm   (502 words)

  
 Moscow State Tretyakov Gallery   (Site not responding. Last check: )
On the 31th of August, 1892, the well-known Moscow collector, merchant and industrialist Pavel Tretyakov offered to donate his unique picture gallery for Moscow city.
The official site of the gallery is here.
The Tretyakov Gallery collection now boasts more than 100 thousand works.
www.angelfire.com /space/moscow/moscow5.html   (80 words)

  
 Art of Tretyakov
Today, the Tretyakov Gallery houses over 100,000 extraordinary masterpieces, rarely viewed in the West.
The paintings of the Tretyakov and the vocal artistry of singer, Gary Morris come together in a rare and moving combination of classical art and modern music to tell the story of this obscure art gallery in Russia.
Morris' performance within the Gallery, along with the Russian Veronika String Quartet, marks the first of its kind for the Tretyakov.
www.garymorris.com /tretyakov.htm   (389 words)

  
 MoscowOut.Ru :: State Tretyakov Gallery at Krymsky Val   (Site not responding. Last check: )
MoscowOut.Ru :: State Tretyakov Gallery at Krymsky Val
The branch of the State Tretyakov gallery is devoted to the Russian art of the 20th century.
The cost of tickets depends on the exhibition.
eng.moscowout.ru /art/galleries/2093   (57 words)

  
 Art of the 20th Century,Tretyakov Gallery, Krymsky Val, 2000 by ThisWideWorld
Art of the 20th Century,Tretyakov Gallery, Krymsky Val, 2000 by ThisWideWorld
Art of the 20th Century - permanent display in the State Tretyakov Gallery, Krymsky Val, Russia.
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 Russian Art: Isaak Levitan (1860-1900)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
1884, Oil on Canvas, 25.6x44.2 cm, The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
1885-89, Oil on Canvas, 28.5x50 cm, The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
1889, Oil on canvas, 80x125 cm, The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
www.russianartgallery.org /levitan/index.htm   (115 words)

  
 The Invaluable Gift - The State Tretyakov Gallery
The Invaluable Gift - The State Tretyakov Gallery
Gallery’s history is described from the early acquisition of the works of Pavel Tretyakov’s contemporaries and friends, including Repin, Surikov, Shishkin to the talents of next generation, such as Serov and Levitan, whose art was supported by Tretyakov.
With the efforts of Gallery’s board and trustees the collection provided a prominent place to both scholars like Repin and Polenov, and the art of the turn of the century, like that of Vrubel, Korovin or Benois.
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