Every Russian has heard something about the Tretyakov Gallery, because it is the most famous museum of fine arts in our country. It is here that the richest collection of Russian art is collected, from icons of the 11th century to paintings and sculptures of the early 21st century, and this museum has attracted me since childhood. So I always remember my first visit here in 10 years, and subsequent visits with pleasure - I discover so many new things for myself on every trip here!

Today, the gallery's collections are housed in two buildings: the main exhibition dedicated to the art of old masters is located in a mansion in Lavrushinsky Lane, and the collection of the 20th century is presented in a building on Krymsky Val. It seems to me that visiting at least one of the expositions of the Tretyakov Gallery is strictly mandatory for every guest of the capital, because this is one of the main attractions in Moscow.

How to get to the Tretyakov Gallery

Building in Lavrushinsky lane

The historical building of the museum in Lavrushinsky lane is so well known to Muscovites that at one time it even gave the name of the nearest metro station "Tretyakovskaya" of the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line (on the map below it is indicated by the number 1 ). From the metro along the Klimentovsky and Bolshoy Tolmachevsky lanes, you can walk to the gallery in just 7-9 minutes.

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The Tretyakov Gallery is one of the most famous museums in Russia and throughout the world. The extensive exhibition covers the period from the eleventh century to the present day. It is difficult to imagine that the Tretyakov Gallery, whose halls have become a reflection of Russian art from antiquity to the present, began with a private collection.

Home collection

The Tretyakovs purchased the house in Lavrushinsky Lane in 1851. The head of the family, Pavel Mikhailovich, was a successful businessman, but at the same time he was a famous philanthropist, invested in many charitable programs. He was an avid collector, collecting paintings, sculptures, icons and other works of art.

He had a global goal - to create a national gallery, not just a museum. The collection began with ten paintings by Dutch masters. Initially, the Tretyakov Gallery, whose halls were open only to family members and guests, was in the house where the Tretyakovs lived. But the collection grew very quickly, and there was not enough space for a demonstration. During the life of the owner, numerous reconstructions were made. And even under Pavel Mikhailovich, the townspeople had the opportunity to visit such a cultural institution as the Tretyakov Gallery. The halls expanded, and the exposition grew constantly. The popularity of the museum is evidenced by the fact that in the first four years its visitors were over 30 thousand people.

40 years after the beginning of the collection, he donated it to Moscow. The collection was supplemented by works of art kept by the second brother, Sergei. This is how the Pavel and Sergei Tretyakov Gallery appeared in Moscow. Another well-known philanthropist Morozov passed on the masterpieces of Renoir, Van Gogh, Monet. Despite the transfer to the city, both patrons continued to replenish the collection. After the death of the Tretyakovs, the entire house in Lavrushinsky Lane was taken over by the city.

New life of the collection

In 1913, I.E. Grabar was appointed the gallery's trustee and director. He was not only a talented artist, architect and art historian, but also an organizer. It was he who did the colossal work of systematizing the collection. He distributed the canvases by historical periods so that visitors had the opportunity to trace the development of Russian art. Under him, a restoration workshop was also founded. At the end of the year, the works hanging in the hall of the Tretyakov Gallery were available for viewing by the general public.

After the revolution, the entire assembly was nationalized and transferred to the young republic. The State Tretyakov Gallery was created, the halls of which became accessible to all segments of the population. The collection has expanded significantly through the merger with other museums and the transfer of private collections that were nationalized during the Soviet era.

During the war, museum funds were taken to Novosibirsk. The Nazis bombed the capital mercilessly. In 1941, two high-explosive bombs hit the Tretyakov Gallery, causing significant damage. But the very next year, the restoration of the museum began, and by 1944 the doors of the gallery, beloved by the residents of the capital, opened again for visiting.

Halls of the Tretyakov Gallery

From the very foundation of the gallery, the building was rebuilt many times. New passages and additional rooms were created to make the collection appear in all its glory. Today the exposition is located in 106 rooms. Most of them are located in a building in Lavrushinsky Lane, there are 62 of them. Also, the complex includes a museum-temple of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, a workshop-museum of Golubkina, Vasnetsov's house-museum and Korin's house-museum. Each room in the Tretyakov Gallery is an opportunity to touch art, see ingenious masterpieces. The collection contains over 150 thousand exhibits, most of which are familiar to everyone from childhood. Reproductions of many paintings were included in school textbooks throughout the country. From these pictures you can learn about Russia. After all, our sea is like forests - like Shishkin's, nature, like Levitan's. Even the best portrait of Pushkin, known to every schoolchild, is exhibited here.

Hall of icon painting

In every corner of the Tretyakov Gallery there are paintings that will take your breath away. But, perhaps, one of the most mysterious halls is the hall of icon painting. During the transfer of the collection, Pavel Mikhailovich, along with the paintings, handed over 62 icons from his collection. Now there are several hundred of them in the museum. Each of them reflects the path of Orthodoxy on Russian soil. Among them are works by Rublev, Theophanes the Greek and other famous icon painters. And in the home church of the Tretyakov Gallery, one of the most revered and ancient images is exhibited - the Vladimir Mother of God. She is over 900 years old.

Exposition in Lavrushinsky lane

The main part of the collection is concentrated in the building in Lavrushinsky Lane, with the famous Vasnetsovsky facade. In 62 rooms, divided into 7 zones, the works of the best masters of Russia and not only are exhibited in chronological order. How large and varied the Tretyakov Gallery is. The description of the halls would take several volumes of the printed edition. Going on an excursion, it is better to choose a specific artist or painting to devote most of the time to. Otherwise, your acquaintance with the galleries will be very superficial and incomplete. The names of the halls of the Tretyakov Gallery correspond to the collections exhibited in them.

Thus, ancient Russian art is represented by icon painting.

And in the halls of the XVIII-XIX centuries canvases of the great masters Levitsky, Rokotov, Ivanov, Bryullov are exhibited. A special room was built to demonstrate Ivanov's painting "The Appearance of Christ to the People". And Rokotov became famous for the largest number of portraits of unknown persons. It was important for him to capture and convey on the canvas the features and character of a person, but at the same time he did not have to be famous at all. Of the works of Bryullov, one can note the masterly performed work "Horsewoman", where a young girl with amazing grace sits astride a magnificent stallion.

The hall, which displays works by artists from the second half of the 19th century, also grabs attention. Here you can plunge into the magical world of realistic art, where every detail is executed with amazing care. In Repin's paintings, one can physically feel how the sun is hot on the lawn, how every leaf sways from the wind. And Vasnetsov's "Three Heroes" seem to defend the country's borders from uninvited invaders even today. By the way, here you can also see the works of Vasnetsov Jr.

Surikov's paintings "Boyarynya Morozova" or "The Morning of the Strelets' Execution" convey the emotional intensity of each participant in those events. There is not a single indifferent person or random character here. Everything is written with an authenticity that boggles the mind.

The section, reflecting the painting of the turn of the XIX-XX centuries, presents the works of such geniuses as Serov, Vrubel, as well as representatives of the Union of Russian Artists.

Treasures of Russian art

The Tretyakov Gallery is great and varied. Halls, paintings, sculptures, graphics will not leave anyone indifferent. A separate part of the exposition is the "Treasury", where items made of precious metals and gems are exhibited. The delicate work of the jewelers is fascinating.

Graphics

A separate room is dedicated to graphic art. All works presented in this technique are very afraid of light, they are fragile creations. Therefore, for their demonstration, special lighting was mounted, slightly dimmed. The largest collection of Russian graphics is exhibited here. And also a small, but no less valuable collection of porter miniatures.

Modern Art

The building on the Tretyakov Gallery presents art from the Soviet period to the present day. Visitors observe with interest how ideology influences the artist.

Halls of masters

In the collection there are single works, and there are entire collections of paintings by one master. The hall dedicated to the artist in the Tretyakov Gallery contains only his works from different periods. This is the exposition of Shishkin's works. But other masters of the brush were awarded the same honor.

Since its opening, the Tretyakov Gallery has become the richest collection of paintings and art objects. Even the Russian Museum, created at the state level, was inferior in popularity to this private collection.

The State Tretyakov Gallery is one of the largest museums in the world. Its popularity is almost legendary. To see its treasures, hundreds of thousands of people come every year to the quiet Lavrushinsky Lane, which is located in one of the most ancient districts of Moscow, in Zamoskvorechye.

The State Tretyakov Gallery is a national museum of Russian fine arts of the 10th - 20th centuries. It is located in Moscow and bears the name of its founder, the Moscow merchant and textile manufacturer Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov.

The State Tretyakov Gallery is a treasury of national fine arts, which stores masterpieces created over a thousand years. By the decree of the President of the Russian Federation, the gallery is classified as one of the most valuable cultural objects of our Motherland.

The collection of the Tretyakov Gallery is dedicated exclusively to national Russian art, to those artists who contributed to the history of Russian art or who were closely associated with it. This was the idea of ​​the gallery of P.M. Tretyakov (1832-1898), it has survived to this day.

Founded in 1856. Opened to the public in 1893. Several rooms of the private collection of P.M. Tretyakov were first opened to visitors in 1874.

Since 1893 - the Moscow City Art Gallery named after Pavel Mikhailovich and Sergei Mikhailovich Tretyakov, since 1918 - the State Tretyakov Gallery, since 1986 - the All-Union Museum Association "State Tretyakov Gallery", since 1992 - the current name.

The founder of the gallery was the Moscow merchant Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov, for whom collecting the works of the Russian school became his whole life, and the creation of a public museum with its meaning and justification. A passionate collector, in 1872 he began construction of the first halls of the future gallery, adding them to the house in Lavrushinsky Lane, where he lived. Later, in 1902, the facade of the house was reconstructed in the Russian style according to the project of the artist V.M. Vasnetsov. In 1892, Tretyakov realized his dream - he handed over the collection he had collected and the collection of his younger brother S.M. Tretyakov as a gift to Moscow. The grand opening of the gallery took place on May 16, 1893.

Initially, the collection included 1287 paintings, 518 drawings and 9 sculptures.

The collection currently numbers over 100 thousand items. They are placed not only in the main exposition in Lavrushinsky Lane, but also in the room at 10 Krymsky Val, the second part of it, which is a continuation of the first.

New expositions of the 17th century chamber and the 18th century building in Lavrushinsky lane, adjacent to the main building of the museum, are being prepared. A new building was laid at the corner of Lavrushinsky Lane and Kadashevskaya Embankment. Now the historical nucleus of the gallery is a beautiful ensemble with its remarkable dominant - the slender bell tower of the Church of St. Nicholas, the home church of the gallery.

It is located on two territories, separated from each other by several city blocks. This makes it possible to present in one museum in the best works the entire history of Russian art from the most ancient period to the work of our contemporary artists. In addition, the Tretyakov Gallery has in its structure memorial and art museums: the museum-apartment of Apostle M. Vasnetsov, house-museum of V.M. Vasnetsov, A.S. Golubkina, the museum-apartment of P.D. Korin, the house-museum of N.S. Goncharova and M.F. Larionova

Total area - 79,745 sq.m;

exposition area - 20,500 sq.m;

stock - 4653 sq. m

The total number of storage units - 100 577

What can you see in one of the main museums in Moscow with just an hour at your disposal? A short guide to the halls of the Tretyakov Gallery in Lavrushinsky Lane.

In the Tretyakov Gallery, by Alexander Ivanov's painting "The Appearance of Christ to the People." Natalia Volkova / Lori photo bank

Correct location

First, determine the exact address: the Tretyakov Gallery is a large museum with many buildings and branches. The main building, which houses a collection of Russian art until the beginning of the 20th century, is located at 10 Lavrushinsky Lane; in the neighboring house - the Engineering Building - temporary exhibitions are held and lectures are given. To see the art of the XX-XXI centuries, you will have to go to a completely different area of ​​Moscow, to Krymsky Val, 10. Don't mix it up! Many other branches, including the Vasnetsov House and Golubkina's workshop, are scattered throughout the capital.

First floor

Second floor

Right time

Opening hours and days off, of course, can be checked on the website. But also do not forget to check if there are school holidays now (autumn or spring, it's hard to forget about winter). On vacation days, the halls of the museum can be full of noisy school trips. What is good - in the main building of the Tretyakov Gallery in Lavrushinsky Pereulok, frenzied exhibitions are rarely held (there is no place for them), so there is no need to be afraid of queues in the style of "on Serov".

Stock up on a card

Since you are limited in time, we cross out the pleasure of aimless walks through the suite of halls. It is necessary to clearly outline the goal and lay a route to it. In addition to paper guides, you can use the layout of the halls on the museum website or use the virtual museum technology.

In the Tretyakov Gallery. In front of Vasily Surikov's painting Boyarynya Morozova. Natalia Volkova / Lori photo bank

Stock up on a list of masterpieces

Decide which period of art you are most interested in: this building of the Tretyakov Gallery contains almost the entire history, from the Baptism of Rus to the Revolution. You can spend a whole hour on Serov, or on the Itinerants, or on the Silver Age.

If you want to quickly look at the main masterpieces, then here is a rough list of the must-haves. The list is short, because the masterpieces are scattered over two floors and different halls, it will take an hour to walk through them, because you will surely be distracted by all kinds of beauty along the way.

Ground floor: "Trinity" Rublev (hall number 59)

One of the main Russian icons is located at the end of the enfilade of halls of icon painting, in the hall of Andrei Rublev. By the way, another shrine - the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God - is also located in Lavrushinsky Lane, but in a different building, in the existing Church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi, which adjoins the Engineering Building from the end.

Ground floor: "Girl with Peaches" (hall number 40)

The famous portrait by Serov is exhibited in the halls dedicated to the art of the Silver Age on the same ground floor as the icon painting. Also on this floor are the halls of Levitan, Polenov and Nesterov, so it is rather difficult to understand the logic of the location of the exposition. As many as two halls are assigned to Serov in the gallery.

Second floor: "The Appearance of Christ to the People" (Hall No. 10)

Alexander Ivanov's masterpiece hangs in its own room among the numerous sketches dedicated to him. The guides warn: be careful, this is one of those paintings in front of which people in this museum often faint.

Second floor: "Morning in a pine forest" (hall number 25)

A landscape with cubs can be found in the hall dedicated to Shishkin's work. Don't miss it - the canvas isn't that big. By the way, only in a museum can one appreciate the real scale of the works that we are used to seeing on screens and in books.

Second floor: "Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan on November 16, 1581" (hall number 31)

Repin's painting is in the hall dedicated to the work of this artist. This is another painting that has a profound effect on the psyche. Therefore, in order to come to your senses, be sure to check out the museum store on the ground floor, next to the ticket office. In the Tretyakov Gallery, he is good: reproductions, postcards, notebooks, magnets and, of course, catalogs.

Tretyakov Gallery - how to get to the Tretyakov Gallery?

It will be most convenient for you to get to this place, which is located almost directly in the center, by metro, since the central part of the city is overloaded with road transport, which creates congestion and traffic jams.

The station at which you need to get off is called Tretyakovskaya, from which, in order to subsequently reach the place we need (the Tretyakov Gallery) on foot, you need to turn left.

In the picture, you can imagine and follow the path that you need to walk on foot after having traveled by metro.

If you get by public transport, be guided by the Tretyakovskaya metro station. From the metro, you need to go to the left.

If you travel by your own car, then follow the instructions below:



The Tretyakov Gallery is located in Moscow at the following address: Lavrushinsky Lane, 10. The best way to get there is from the Tretyakovskaya metro station. Leaving the metro, you need to turn left, cross the street Bolshaya Ordynka. You will find yourself at the Ordynsky blind alley, walk 200 meters, after you have reached Lavrushinsky lane, turn right and you are there.

It's easier to take the metro, it is very difficult to find a parking lot in the center. The station is called Tretyakovskaya, see the map in the center.

And from the metro like this:



You can still walk from Polyanka on foot, there is not far.

The Tretyakov Gallery is located near the Tretyakovskaya metro station (Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya or Kalininskaya line), the exact address is Lavrushinsky lane, 10.



After exiting the metro, turn left to cross Bolshaya Ordynka and walk to the Tretyakov gallery along Bolshoy Tolmachvsky lane.

Driving directions can be viewed on the Tretyakov Gallery website, which offers a lot of additional information (opening hours, ticket prices, exhibition schedule, gallery news, etc.).



Good afternoon. You should look for the Tretyakov Gallery on maps at Lavrushinsky Lane, 10. It's not the easiest way to get there from the metro, next to it there is a gray line (Polyanka Station) and a green line (Tretyakovskaya).

When they ate to choose from these two stations, then the Tretyakovskaya station closest to the museum, here is a detailed route from not:



The famous Tretyakov Gallery is located in the city center. To be more precise, the address is: Lavrushensky Lane, 10.

If you want to get to the gallery by metro, then you need to get to the station, which is called Tretyakovskaya. Or else Polyanka or Novokuznetskaya. You need to go to Bolshaya Ordynka Street, cross it, find a fast food restaurant. Next, you need to turn first to the left, then to the right. You must find yourself in the Horde dead end. Then you need to follow it until you reach Lavrushensky lane.

From the station Polyanka you need to take bus 700 to a stop called Bolshaya Yakimanka Street.

There is also a branch of the Tretyakov Gallery, where contemporary art is presented. It is located at Krymsky Val 10. Here we get to the stations Park Kultury or October.