Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow, Russia) : East entry court, detail showing painted terra-cotta frieze
- Creator:
- Vasnetsov, Viktor, 1848-1926
- Published/Created:
- Lavrushinskiy pereulok 10, Moscow, Rossiya, Russia
1902 - Date Depicted:
- 1900 AD - 1949 AD
- Materials:
- brick
paint
stone
stucco - Notes:
- Founded by the Moscow textile magnate Pavel Tretyakov (1832-1898), the present gallery, designed in a Neo-Slavic style by Viktor Vasnetsov in 1902, grew from a collection started in 1856, opened to the public in 1874, and presented to the city of Moscow in 1892, together with the Western art collection of Tretyakov's brother Sergei--in total exceeding 1,800 items. Pavel Tretyakov initially collected western European and 17th-century Dutch art but switched his allegiance to indigenous art in the 1860s to establish the basis of the largest collection of Russian art. Though associated chiefly with the 19th-century realist school, the Peredvizhniki, whose chief patron he became, Tretyakov was a diverse collector with tastes ranging from early icons to the early modernist works of artists like Isaak Levitan, Valentin Serov, and Mikhail Vrubel.
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Russia -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Neo-Russian style
Twentieth century - Culture:
- Russian
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-VV-TG-D7
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
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- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architectural exteriors; decorative arts; Art museums; Museology; Tretyakov, Pavel Mikhailovich, 1832-1898 construction buildings; exhibition buildings; museums; art museums frieze
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Module Four
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc. - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10105397
- PID:
- digcoll:1852605