In recent years, I've been enjoying going to museums more and more. During the summer, I was delighted to visit.
State Tretyakov Gallery (or Tretyakov Gallery), is considered the main art museum in Moscow! It contains one of the largest collections of Russian fine art in the world!
The founder of the gallery is Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov(1832-1898), businessman, philanthropist, collector and collector of works of Russian fine art. Thanks to his hobby and love for painting, such a huge collection was collected in one Gallery.
The founding year of the Tretyakov Gallery is considered to be 1856, when Pavel Tretyakov acquired his first two paintings by Russian artists: "The Temptation" by N. G. Schilder and "Clash with Finnish Smugglers" by V. G. Khudyakov.
Gradually, the size of the gallery grew, and to the house of the Tretyakov family, in which the collection was located, more and more extensions and premises were gradually added, necessary for the storage and display of works of art.
The Gallery opened for the general public in 1867. Her collection then consisted of 1276 paintings, 471 drawings and 10 sculptures by Russian artists, as well as 84 paintings by foreign masters.
In August 1892, Pavel Mikhailovich donated his art gallery to the city of Moscow. By that time, the collection included 1287 paintings and 518 graphic works of the Russian school, 75 paintings and 8 drawings of the European school, 15 sculptures and a collection of icons.
On August 15, 1893, the official opening of the museum took place under the name: "Moscow City Gallery of Pavel and Sergei Mikhailovich Tretyakov"
In 1902-1904, the famous Vasnetsovsky facade was added, which became the emblem of the Tretyakov Gallery.
By 1917, the collection of the Tretyakov Gallery consisted of about 4,000 works, by 1975 - 55,000 works. The Gallery's collection constantly grew due to systematic government purchases.
At present, the collection includes Russian painting, graphics, sculpture, icons, individual works of decorative and applied art of the 11th - early 21st centuries.
The main building of the Tretyakov Gallery, located between Lavrushinsky and Maly Tolmachevsky lanes, is a favorite place not only for Muscovites, but also for many guests of the capital. It's very cozy and nice to just walk around! The nearest metro station is Tretyakovskaya, no more than 5 minutes walk from the metro.
Official website of the Gallery: http://www.tretyakovgallery.ru
Working mode:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday - from 10.00 to 18.00
Thursday, Friday - from 10.00 to 21.00
day off - Monday
Entrance ticket prices:
adults - 400 rubles
schoolchildren, students - 250 rubles
For citizens of Russia and CIS countries:
adults - 300 rubles
students of secondary and secondary specialized educational institutions, pensioners, members of the Union of local historians of the Russian Federation, Heroes of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Russian Federation, Full Cavaliers of the Order of Glory, teachers of children's art schools of the RF IC system, students of universities of the Russian Federation - 150 rubles
The museum allows amateur photography (including from a mobile phone) without the use of flashes and additional equipment.
The cost of photography is 200 rubles.
Here are truly the best examples of the golden age of Russian painting! Among them are paintings by Perov, Levitan, Savrasov, Bryulov, Vasnetsov, Surikov, Vereshchagin, Repin, Kramskoy, Aivazovsky, Shishkin, etc.
I would like to tell you what is inside the Tretyakov Gallery today!
Souvenir shop, a huge number of books about the Tretyakov Gallery.
Viewing begins with climbing the stairs to the second floor.
Severe but fair grannies sit in each hall! They keep order so that visitors do not violate the rules and, in which case, they make comments. In the Tretyakov Gallery, for example, you cannot take pictures with a flash, many of these rules are violated.
Transitions between halls
In some halls, the canvases are so large that you need to move a decent distance to see them.
Halls with Icons
Of course, to get around and look at all the pictures you need more than one day!
Therefore, I propose to look at those pictures that made the greatest impression on me:
1. 1827. Kiprensky O.A. Portrait of A.S. Pushkin(Every schoolchild knows this picture, because it is this portrait of Pushkin that is depicted in textbooks and diaries)
2. 1858. Sorokin E.S. Date
3. 1861. Jacobi V.I. Halt of the Prisoners
4. 1866. Perov V.G. "TROIKA". Workers apprentices carry water
5. 1871. Perov V.G. Hunters at Rest
6. 1880-1881. Perov V.G. Nikita Pustosvyat. Controversy about faith(This stunning painting is over three meters wide)
7. 1871. Savrasov A.K. The Rooks Have Arrived
8. 1873. Vasiliev F.A. In the Crimean mountains
9. 1881. Aivazovsky I.K. Black Sea
10. 1854. Bogolyubov A.P. Skating on the Neva(Very beautiful picture, it felt like a photograph)
11. 1873. Aivazovsky I.K. Rainbow(Photos on the Internet do not convey the Rainbow and the raging sea of \u200b\u200bAivazovsky, like viewing this picture in the gallery)
12. 1881. Makovsky K.E. In the Artist's Studio(note the frame of the picture)
13. 1883. Kramskoy I.N. unknown
14. 1889. Shishkin I.I. and Savitsky K.A. Morning in a pine forest
15. 1875. Shishkin I.I. Rye
16. 1889. Vasnetsov V.M. Ivan Tsarevits on the Gray Wolf
17. 1898. Vasnetsov V.M. Bogatyrs(Vasnetsov worked on this painting for almost 20 years!)
18. 1881. Surikov V.I. Morning of the Streltsy Execution
19. 1887. Surikov V.I. Boyar Morozova
20. 1883-1885. Repin I.E. Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan
21. 1879. Polenov V.D. overgrown pond
22. 1887. Serov V.A. girl with peaches
23. 1910. Bogaevsky K.F. Morning
Liked a lot! I would also like to highlight V.V. Vereshchagin And A.I. Kuindzhi. Excellent pictures, it's a pity the camera can only convey a small part of those colors and the volume that can be seen standing in front of the original!
Today the gallery is actively developing, also replenishing its stock and preserving Russian painting! The collection of the Tretyakov Gallery has more than 170 thousand works. Exhibitions are constantly held within the walls of the gallery and thousands of people visit the gallery every day!
Any person should definitely visit the Tretyakov Gallery to see all this with their own eyes!
The State Tretyakov Gallery is an art museum in Moscow founded in 1856 by the merchant Pavel Tretyakov and has one of the largest collections of Russian art in the world. The exposition in the main building "Russian Painting of the 11th - early 20th century" is part of the All-Russian Museum Association "State Tretyakov Gallery", founded in 1986.
An important milestone in the history of the Tretyakov Gallery was the appointment in 1913 of Igor Grabar, an artist, art critic, architect and art historian, to the post of its trustee. Under his leadership, the Tretyakov Gallery became a museum of the European level. The first years of Soviet power I.E. Grabar remained the director of the museum, which was given the status of a national treasure by a decree of the Council of People's Commissars in 1918.
A.V. Shchusev, who became director of the gallery in 1926, continued to expand the museum. The Tretyakov Gallery received a neighboring building, which housed the administration, manuscript and other departments. After the closure of the Church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi, it was reequipped for the storerooms of the museum, and in 1936 a new building called “Shchusevsky” appeared, which was first used as an exhibition building, but then it also housed the main exposition.
In the late 1970s, a new museum building was opened on Krymsky Val. Large-scale art exhibitions are constantly held here, as well as a collection of domestic art of the 20th century.
Branches of the Tretyakov Gallery are also the house-museum of V.M. Vasnetsov, the museum-apartment of his brother, A.M. Vasnetsov, museum-apartment of the sculptor A.S. Golubkina, house-museum of P.D. Korin, as well as the museum-temple of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi, which is a unique combination of a museum exposition and a functioning temple.
A special part of the exposition is the "Treasury", which presents artistic items made of precious metals and precious stones, made in the XII beginning of the XX century.
In the historic building of the Gallery there is an exposition of Russian art of the XI beginning of the XX century. In the Old Russian section, you can see the works of both nameless and famous icon painters of the 12th-17th centuries (including Theophan the Greek, Andrei Rublev, Dionysius). In the halls of the 18th and the first half of the 19th century, canvases by famous Russian masters are displayed: F.S. Rokotova, D.G. Levitsky, V.L. Borovikovsky, K.P. Bryullov, A.A. Ivanov… Russian realistic art of the second half of the 19th century is presented with exhaustive completeness and variety: famous paintings by I.N. Kramskoy, I.E. Repin, V.I. Surikova, I.I. Shishkina, V.M. Vasnetsova, I.I. Levitan and many other artists. In the bright collection of works of the turn of the 19th-20th centuries, there are works by M.A. Vrubel and V.A. Serov, masters of art associations "World of Art", "Union of Russian Artists", "Blue Rose".
The Tretyakov Gallery continues to replenish its funds. Since the beginning of the 21st century, a department of the latest trends has been operating, which collects works of contemporary art. In addition to painting, the gallery has a large collection of Russian graphics, sculpture, and a valuable archive of manuscripts. A rich collection of ancient Russian art and icons is one of the best in the world. Its beginning was laid by Tretyakov. After his death, it consisted of about 60 items, at the moment it has about 4,000 items.
The State Tretyakov Gallery is a treasury of national fine arts, storing masterpieces created over a thousand years. By decree of the President of the Russian Federation, the gallery is classified as one of the most valuable objects of Russian culture.
Address: Russia, Moscow, Lavrushinsky per., 10, M. "Tretyakovskaya"
Tel.: (095) 953−14−16
- One of the largest art galleries in Russia And.
- Exhibits - works Russian classical art of the XI-beginning of the XX century.
- Tretyakov Gallery consists of two buildings located at different addresses.
- The main building (Lavrushinsky Lane) presents a collection out of 170,000 works- world-class masterpieces.
- Visitors can look at ancient Russian icon painting - Orthodox icons of the 11th-13th centuries, the "Trinity" Andrey Rublev(1420s), etc.
- Paintings by famous Russian masters, sculptures and works of arts and crafts.
- Souvenir and bookstores, cafe and restaurant "Brothers Tretyakov".
The State Tretyakov Gallery is one of the largest art museums in Russia. Unlike another major Moscow museum - the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts with its extensive collection of foreign art - the Tretyakov Gallery exhibits primarily Russian classical art. Here are paintings, sculptures, icons and works of arts and crafts from the 11th to the beginning of the 20th century. We note right away that usually the Tretyakov Gallery means its main building, located in Lavrushinsky Lane. And Russian painting of the 20th century (including works by K. Malevich, M. Larionov, and others) is exhibited separately, in the building of the Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val (Krymsky Val, 10). In addition, interesting temporary exhibitions are held in the Engineering Building of the Tretyakov Gallery, located at 12 Lavrushinsky per.
The exposition area of the main building is more than 12 thousand square meters and is divided into 62 thematic halls. The collection of the Tretyakov Gallery has more than 170 thousand works. Here are collected masterpieces of medieval Russian icon painting, as well as paintings by I. Aivazovsky, M. Vrubel, K. Bryullov, V. Vasnetsov and dozens of other famous Russian masters. The museum exhibits world-class masterpieces, such as the icon "Trinity" by A. Rublev, the monumental paintings "The Appearance of Christ to the People" by A. Ivanov and "Boyar Morozova" by V. Surikov, amazing landscapes by I. Levitan and A. Kuindzhi. The museum has book and souvenir shops, cafes and the Tretyakov Brothers restaurant.
The building of the Tretyakov Gallery in Lavrushinsky Lane is located in one of the most beautiful historical districts of Moscow -. This is one of the few areas where buildings of the 18th-19th centuries have been largely preserved. A few steps from the Tretyakov Gallery are unique in their architecture the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent, the Church of St. Clement of the Pope and the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Kadashevskaya Sloboda. In the area of the beautiful pedestrian Pyatnitskaya street there is a large selection of cafes and restaurants for every taste.
The history of the creation of the museum
The opening of the museum in the second half of the 19th century was a significant event in the cultural life of Russia. Thanks to the initiative of one person - P. Tretyakov (1832-1898) - a museum of national art was created. Pyotr Tretyakov was not only a successful entrepreneur, but also a fine collector. He was especially interested in the work of contemporary young realist artists and supported them in every possible way. Tretyakov wrote: “I don’t need rich nature, no magnificent composition, no miracles. Give me at least a dirty puddle, so that there is truth in it, poetry; and poetry can be in everything, this is the work of the artist. Closely communicating with the authors, Pavel Mikhailovich acquired many works by artists of the Association of Traveling Exhibitions (I. Repin, V. Surikov, A. Savrasov, etc.), some of which became symbols of the museum. Along with the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, the Tretyakov Gallery has one of the world's two finest collections of Russian art.
An important milestone in the history of the gallery was 1904, when a new facade was built in the neo-Russian style, designed by . Over time, this facade has become the "calling card" of the museum. After the socialist revolution of 1917, the museum's collections expanded significantly due to the nationalization of private and centralization of regional collections and was constantly replenished throughout the subsequent period. In 1995, the main building of the gallery in Lavrushinsky Lane underwent a large-scale reconstruction.
Collection and masterpieces
In the Tretyakov Gallery, the visitor has a great opportunity to get acquainted with ancient Russian icon painting. The museum has a magnificent collection of Orthodox icons in terms of quantity and quality of works. Here you can see icons from the pre-Mongolian period - XI-XIII centuries. The famous miraculous icon "Our Lady of Vladimir" is located in the neighboring one (Maly Tolmachevsky lane, 9), which can be accessed directly from the gallery building. The Tretyakov Gallery houses the "Trinity" by A. Rublev (1420s), the work of the legendary Dionysius and Theophan the Greek. Icons of the 17th century deserve special mention, they are distinguished by an abundance of details, the finest elaboration of details, and the narrative of the visual image. In addition to icons, in the halls with ancient Russian art you can see the mosaic "Dmitry of Thessalonica" from the St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv.
In the 18th century, secular painting began to develop in Russia. There are paintings of non-church content, painted on canvas with oil. The portrait genre was especially popular at that time. In the halls devoted to painting of the 18th century, one can also see still life and landscape: at that time, the process of formation of the hierarchy of genres familiar to the modern viewer began in Russia. By the way, a very interesting collection of pictorial portraits of the 19th century is presented not far from the Tretyakov Gallery - in the Museum of V.A. Tropinin and Moscow artists of his time.
Most of the halls of the gallery are reserved for the exhibition of paintings of the 19th century, which became the heyday of the Russian art school. The first half of the century is marked by the names of such masters as O. Kiprensky, A. Ivanov, K. Bryullov. The Tretyakov Gallery exhibits "The Appearance of Christ to the People" - a monumental work by Alexander Ivanov, on which he worked for 20 years. The dimensions of the canvas are 540*750 cm, and in 1932 a separate room was added especially for this painting. In the picture, the viewer is presented with the moment of the coming of the Messiah. The artist is interested not so much in Christ himself as in the people who beheld him. The master comes up with his own story for each hero of the picture, models his reaction to what is happening. Numerous sketches for The Appearance of Christ are also displayed in the hall, and the visitor has the opportunity to see the artist's creative search while working on the painting.
The Tretyakov Gallery presents the most significant painting in the history of Russian art, Bogatyrs. The artist Viktor Vasnetsov painted this picture with heroic images of legendary warriors for almost twenty years. Researchers believe that the artist portrayed himself in the image of Dobrynya. And Ilya Muromets is not an epic hero, but a real historical character of the 12th century. He really has feats of arms on his account, and in old age Ilya became a monk of the Kiev-Pechersk monastery.
A recognized masterpiece - "The Apotheosis of War" by Vasily Vereshchagin. The picture with the pyramid of skulls was painted in 1871 under the impression of a brutal massacre in Turkestan. The artist dedicated his work to "all the great conquerors" of the past, present and future.
As already mentioned, Pavel Tretyakov was very interested in the Association of Traveling Art Exhibitions, an art association founded in 1870. One of the teachers of the Wanderers was V. Perov, whose works occupy a separate room. Then the works of V. Surikov, I. Repin, I. Kramskoy, N. Ge are exhibited. In the second half of the 19th century, landscape painting was actively developing in Russia. Fans of this genre can enjoy the works of A. Savrasov, A. Kuindzhi, I. Aivazovsky, I. Levitan and others.
One of the significant exhibits of this section is the Boyar Morozova by Vasily Surikov. The gigantic painting represents an episode of the church schism in the 17th century and is dedicated to the well-known supporter of the old faith, Theodosia Morozova. In 1671, the noblewoman was arrested and exiled to the remote Pafnutev-Borovsky Monastery, where she later died of starvation. The canvas depicts the scene of Morozova's transportation to the place of confinement.
The hall of Mikhail Vrubel, one of the brightest Russian artists of all time, is interesting and unique. This hall is unusual in its size: it was specially built to accommodate the huge panel "Princess of Dreams". In the same hall you can see the artist's paintings, including the famous painting "Demon (sitting)", his graphics and majolica. The painting "The Swan Princess" was written by Vrubel in 1900 based on the work of A. S. Pushkin "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" and the opera of the same name by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov. Mikhail Vrubel designed this opera for a stage production, and his wife Nadezhda performed the part of the Swan Princess in the performance. Vrubel spoke of her voice like this: "Other singers sing like birds, and Nadia - like a person."
Near the hall of M. Vrubel there is a staircase that leads back to the 1st floor, where paintings and sculptures of the early 20th century are presented. In the art of those years, there is a craving for the search for new forms, new solutions. The socially oriented art of the Wanderers, which persistently requires the viewer to critically comprehend social problems, is being replaced by the spontaneity and lightness of the language of the artists of the new generation. Their love for light, for life, for beauty - all this is clearly seen, for example, in the famous "Portrait of a Girl with Peaches" by V. Serov.
Finally, rooms 49-54 should be mentioned, where graphics and arts and crafts are exhibited. The exposition in these halls changes regularly, so every time you visit you can find something new for yourself. Hall 54 houses the Treasury of the Gallery - a collection of items made of precious metals and precious stones: icons, books, sewing, small plastic, jewelry items of the 12th-20th centuries.
The artist Vasily Grigorievich Khudyakov (1826-1871) received from the merchant Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov (1832-1898) a deposit for the painting "Clash with Finnish smugglers" and, as expected, drew up a receipt for the money. The receipt, marked May 10 (22 according to the new style), subsequently became for historians and employees of the Tretyakov Gallery a kind of “birth certificate” of the first art museum of national art in Russia. Today it, among other documents relating to the origins of the famous collection, is stored directly in the gallery, in the Department of Manuscripts.
Later, Tretyakov himself, calling 1856 the time of the creation of the gallery, said that the first in his collection was in fact the realistic painting by Nikolai Schilder "Temptation". It is known, however, that Schilder completed this work in 1857. Historians explain the discrepancy in this way: most likely, the collector, having seen a canvas just begun by the painter a year earlier, decided to purchase it and made a deposit for the “raw” picture.
Be that as it may, it was 150 years ago that a 23-year-old entrepreneur, the son of a merchant of the second guild, Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov, took the first step towards the implementation of his noble plan - to compile a collection of works of the Russian school, so that, as the collector himself said, "acquired from society returned would also be for society (the people) in ... useful institutions. In 1916, when the museum was celebrating its 60th anniversary, Alexandre Benois wrote about its founder: “... he was in the full sense of the word some kind of ascetic who voluntarily assumed a very difficult duty and carried it far from with a pleasant feeling of satisfied whims ... Tretyakov set himself the task of collecting Russian painting as a strict task of his life…”
The young art lover began to acquire paintings before he planned to create a world-famous museum. He constantly visited the Sukharevsky market in Moscow, bought books and prints there, and at the age of twenty he went to St. Petersburg, visited the Imperial Hermitage and was especially delighted with what he saw. His letters home at the time are full of exclamation marks. Two years passed, and for the first time Tretyakov acquired paintings - for 900 rubles he bought nine paintings by the old Dutch. Now it is difficult to say whether those canvases were originals, but the owner did not part with them until the last days - they adorned the walls of his living rooms.
However, experts often call that purchase inept, accidental, and Tretyakov himself, recognizing his insufficient knowledge of world art, decided not to buy samples of Western art anymore, but to focus on Russian, acquiring works from exhibitions or directly from his workshop acquaintances.
In those days, the works of Russian artists were mostly in numerous private collections, and only a few were kept in the Hermitage and the Museum of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. The largest and most significant were the private collections of F.I. Pryanishnikov and P.P. Pork. Both of them could well become the basis for a museum of Russian art, but this was not destined to happen.
In 1860, going on his first trip abroad, Tretyakov drew up a testamentary letter, where, in particular, he wrote: “The capital is one hundred and fifty thousand rubles. I will bequeath silver to the establishment of an art museum or a public art gallery in Moscow. By the beginning of the 60s, there were several dozen paintings in his collection. Most of all, the collector was attracted by young realistic art. Tretyakov made friends with artists who were close to him in spirit and convictions, namely, with those who in 1870 united in the famous Association of Traveling Art Exhibitions. Thanks to this acquaintance, the works of the Wanderers soon formed the most extensive section in his collection. By the end of the 60s, Pavel Mikhailovich became interested in creating a portrait gallery as a special part of his collection (perhaps he was inspired by the recently opened London National Portrait Gallery). In 1872, Tretyakov became the owner of a whole series written by V.G. Perov portraits of writers: Ostrovsky, Dostoevsky, Maykov, Pogodin, Dahl and Turgenev. Then - for four years he specially persuaded Leo Tolstoy to pose for Kramskoy. In the end, the living classic agreed, but on the condition that the artist also paint a second canvas, which would remain in the Yasnaya Polyana estate. And he managed to meet Pavel Mikhailovich Kramskoy only when he was sick and stayed at home. So, in 1876, the famous portrait of the collector was completed (the second known image of him was created in 1883 by I.E. Repin).
In 1872, when the collection no longer fit in the rooms of a residential building in Lavrushinsky, Tretyakov decided to attach a special building for paintings to it. It was completed two years later, and the gallery was housed in a new two-story building. Finally, 18 years later, Tretyakov invited the Moscow Duma to accept a modest offering from him of 1,287 paintings, 518 drawings, and 9 sculptures by Russian authors of the 18th-19th centuries. This collection was accompanied by a small collection of works by European masters, which belonged to the brother of Pavel Mikhailovich - the former mayor Sergei Tretyakov, who died shortly before. The Duma gratefully accepted the proposal, and the donor became a lifelong trustee of the collection.
After the death of the founder in 1898, the Council elected by the Duma, which included prominent artists and patrons of the Mother See: Serov, Ostroukhov, Tsvetkov, Tretyakov's daughter Alexandra Pavlovna Botkina, was in charge of the collection. By the beginning of the new, twentieth century, the empty house in Lavrushinsky Lane was also rebuilt, adapting it to the needs of the gallery. V.M. Vasnetsov united the whole complex with a new facade, which gave the Tretyakov Gallery building the originality that distinguishes it from other Moscow mansions. Today it is difficult to imagine Moscow without this "fabulous tower", surrounded by a pedestrian zone.
Soon after its opening for all citizens "without distinction of gender and rank", the gallery entered the ranks of the largest museums in Europe and continued to be actively replenished - the growth of the collection was constantly outstripping the exposition possibilities of the building. Trustees had to "hang" the work of, say, Malyavin in the hall of Shishkin or Aivazovsky. The gallery staff came up with a good idea - to create monographic halls dedicated to the best masters - Kramskoy, Polenov, Vereshchagin, Repin ...
The famous artist and art historian I.E. Grabar, who in 1913 was elected a trustee of the Tretyakov Gallery, and in the first years after the revolution became its director, carried out revolutionary changes in the exposition. The canvases were now hung in such a way that spectators moving from room to room could read a "slender book of art history." The further development of the collection was helped by the nationalization of private collections, moreover, small museums of Moscow joined the Tretyakov Gallery: the Tsvetkovskaya Gallery, the Museum of Icon Painting and Painting. I.S. Ostroukhov, partly - works from the collection of the Moscow Rumyantsev and Public Museums.
During the war, Tretyakov's wealth was saved in Novosibirsk and Perm, and the Moscow Museum House, fortunately, suffered little damage from the bombing. But already then there were thoughts about expanding the museum space, which, however, were embodied only in the 80s. The favorite gallery received a depository with spacious storages and workshops for the work of restorers, later - the Engineering Building with exhibition space, computer services, a children's studio and a lecture hall. By 1994, the main building was completely restored, and the Vasnetsov facade, memorable to the townspeople, the hallmark of the gallery, shone with renewed colors. The museum began to work on two "sites" at once, and the division of the collection took place not just on a territorial basis. It is conceptual: old works are exhibited and stored in Lavrushinsky, and on Krymsky Val, in house No. 10 (architects Yu.N. Sheverdyaev, N.P. Sukoyan, M.N. Kruglov and others), works of the twentieth century settled.
At the beginning of this anniversary year, the gallery launched the long-term program "Friendly Museum", within the framework of which the first "museum taxi" appeared in Moscow. Now a cozy minibus runs between Lavrushinsky Lane and Krymsky Val, in which employees and guests of the Tretyakov Gallery can get from one area to another in one “seat”, logically combining the expositions. The gallery has successfully passed the way from a private collection of two Moscow patrons to a world-famous museum, becoming, moreover, a serious scientific organization. The gallery's specialized library alone has more than 230,000 volumes, it is adjacent to a photo and slide library, ultra-modern restoration workshops, and the State Tretyakov Gallery itself, to which, in fact, all this belongs, has about 140,000 works housed in 62 halls of two buildings . Everything happened as the founder wanted: now each of us can "have an idea about all Russian artists."
