Pavel Tretyakov and His Famous Gallery. Treasures of Painting

Today, the name of the Tretyakov Gallery is known all over the world — for it is the richest collection of Russian painting. This book will introduce you to how this famous gallery came to be and who collected all... these priceless artistic treasures. The name of Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov — an entrepreneur, patron, and collector — is rightly one of the symbols of Russian culture. The result of more than forty years of collecting by the Moscow merchant and philanthropist was the creation of the first publicly accessible art museum in Russia — the now world-famous Tretyakov Gallery.
The book tells about the life of Pavel Tretyakov and his efforts to create an extensive collection of Russian painting, the masterpieces of his collection that today form the backbone and pride of the Tretyakov Gallery, and the relationships between the collector and artists.
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