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Who was the founder of the Tretyakov gallery?


Who was the founder of the Tretyakov gallery?
Monument to Pavel Tretyakov in front of the gallery; Portrait of Pavel Tretyakov by Ilya Repin
Legion media; Tretyakov Gallery
A successful merchant, collector, art connoisseur and honorary citizen of the city. How a private individual, using his own money, opened a painting gallery destined to become the most important one in Moscow.
The scion of big business
Pavel Tretyakov came from an old merchant family. In the second half of the 18th century, his great grandfather had moved to Moscow from the town of Maloyaroslavets in Kaluga Region. The future founder of Moscow’s principal picture gallery was born in 1832. His father, Mikhail Zakharovich, was a successful merchant, who traded in linen goods and, what is more,  married well - his wife was the heiress of a businessman who exported pork fat to England. ....

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Was Repin's masterpiece inspired by a fictitious Cossack letter?


Was Repin’s masterpiece inspired by a fictitious Cossack letter?
The main intrigue is whether the correspondence in question was ever written.
In the 1670s, the Ottoman Empire clashed with the Tsardom of Russia. Two hundred years later, renowned realist painter Ilya Repin heard a story about Cossacks composing a humiliating letter to Mehmed IV, the Sultan of the hostile Ottoman Empire.
Ptuj Ormož Regional Museum, Slovenia
The story inspired Repin to create one of his greatest masterpieces. While many believe not least due to Repin’s artistic endeavor that the letter was a genuine historical document, historians express their reservations. ....

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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. ....

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