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State Tretyakov Gallery

📍 Moscow, Russia · Founded 1856

The national gallery of Russian art, in a fairy-tale building in Moscow, holds the best of Russian painting, including Repin, Shishkin, Vrubel and Malevich's original Black Square.

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History of the museum

The Moscow merchant Pavel Tretyakov began buying Russian paintings in 1856 and decided to give them to the city. In 1892 he donated his collection of about 1,300 paintings, and the gallery opened to the public. Tretyakov's house was rebuilt with the folk-style facade by Viktor Vasnetsov. After the revolution it became a state museum.

Top pieces

In our gallery from here (35)

Black Square (1915) Black Square (1915)Kazimir Malevich · 1915 Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan on November 16, 1581 Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan on November 16, 1581Ilya Repin · 1883 Morning in a Pine Forest Morning in a Pine ForestKonstantin Savitsky · 1889 Portrait of an Unknown Woman Portrait of an Unknown WomanIvan Kramskoi · 1883 Christ in the Wilderness Christ in the WildernessIvan Kramskoi · 1872 They Did Not Expect Him They Did Not Expect HimIlya Repin · 1888 Girl with peaches Girl with peachesValentin Serov · 1887 The Demon Seated The Demon SeatedMikhail Vrubel · 1890 Religious Procession in Kursk Province Religious Procession in Kursk ProvinceIlya Repin · 1880 The Appearance of Christ Before the People The Appearance of Christ Before the PeopleAlexander Ivanov · 1847 Morning of the Execution of the Streltsy Morning of the Execution of the StreltsyVasily Surikov · 1881 The Rooks Have Returned The Rooks Have ReturnedAlexei Savrasov · 1871 Heroes HeroesViktor Vasnetsov · 1890 Composition VII Composition VIIWassily Kandinsky · 1913 The Swan Princess The Swan PrincessMikhail Vrubel · 1900 Rye Fields Rye FieldsIvan Shishkin · 1878 Boyarina Morozova Boyarina MorozovaVasily Surikov · 1887 A Quiet Monastery A Quiet MonasteryIsaac Levitan · 1890 Evening Bells Evening BellsIsaac Levitan · 1892 The Vladimirka The VladimirkaIsaac Levitan · 1892 Ukrainian Night Ukrainian NightArkhip Kuindzhi · 1876 The Vision to the Youth Bartholomew The Vision to the Youth BartholomewMikhail Nesterov · 1889 March MarchIsaac Levitan · 1895 Peter the Great Interrogating the Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich at Peterhof Peter the Great Interrogating the Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich at PeterhofNikolai Ge · 1871 Moscow courtyard Moscow courtyardVasily Polenov · 1878 Over Eternal Quiet Over Eternal QuietIsaac Levitan · 1894 Golden Autumn Golden AutumnIsaac Levitan · 1895 Horsewoman HorsewomanKarl Bryullov · 1832 The Mermaids The MermaidsIvan Kramskoi · 1871 Sokolniki. Autumn Sokolniki. AutumnIsaac Levitan · 1879 Fresh Wind. Volga Fresh Wind. VolgaIsaac Levitan · 1885 Spring. High water Spring. High waterIsaac Levitan · 1897 Birch grove Birch groveIsaac Levitan · 1889 By the Pool By the PoolIsaac Levitan · 1892 Portrait of inaida Gippius Portrait of inaida GippiusLéon Bakst · 1906

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