Tretyakov GalleryThe State Tretyakov Gallery possesses a unique collection of Russian art which includes masterpieces which span a period of a thousand years. The Gallery was founded by a Russian merchant and patron of the arts Pavel Tretyakov. He donated his collection to the city of Moscow in 1892. The State Tretyakov Gallery has since become a world-famous museum. Nowadays it contains more than 170,000 works by Russian artists from early religious paintings to modern art. (Tretyakov Gallery, 2016)
The State Tretyakov Gallery is the national treasury of Russian fine art and one of the greatest museums in the world. Not only, The State Tretyakov Gallery is one of the biggest museums in Russia owning one of the biggest arts collections and exhibits in the world consisting of art such as icons, painting, graphics and sculptures that have been collected throughout the entire history of Russian art ranging from Theotokos of Vladimir and Andrei Rublev's Trinity to the monumental Composition VII by Wassily Kandinsky and the Black Square by Kazimir Malevich. The museum is a very popular tourist place as it is truly impressive thanks to all of the masterpieces in which Russia takes great pride The gallery is a must see when visiting Russia. The average amount of visitors at the gallery is 1,200,000 people per year making the gallery 4th most visited museum in entire Russia.. |