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5 Russian patrons of the arts who influenced world culture


5 Russian patrons of the arts who influenced world culture 
Portrait of Sergei Shchukin; Dance by Henri Matisse from his collection on the background
Dmitry Melnikov; Henri Matisse/Hermitage
The Russian art scene is impossible to imagine without the support of these wealthy and incredibly generous Imperial-era entrepreneurs. Furthermore, some Western artists also owe their immortality to these men.
1. Pavel Tretyakov (1832-1898)
Pavel Tretyakov is forever commemorated in the name of the famous museum that he designed and built with his own money in 1881, the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. The art collection that he bequeathed to the city originally had over 1,000 paintings. Tretyakov started it when he was in his early 20s. ....

Moskovskaya Oblast , France General , Sankt Peterburg , Konstantin Korovin , Valentin Serov , Viktor Vasnetsov , Sergei Shchukin , Alexandre Benois , Ivan Morozov , Dmitry Melnikov , Vasily Vereshchagin , Paul Gauguin , Ivan Turgenev , Nikolai Gogol , Alexander Rodchenko , Ivan Kramskoy , Pierre Auguste Renoir , Alexei Savrasov , Edgar Degas , Vasily Polenov , Ilya Repin , Van Gogh , Arkhip Kuindzhi , Ivan Aivazovsky , Savva Mamontov , Mikhail Vrubel ,