The Tretyakov Brothers. Collections (set of 2 books)

For the first time, the collections of Pavel and Sergey Tretyakov are fully assembled and illustrated in one edition! The release of this two-volume edition is timed to coincide with the opening of the Tretyakov Brothers' house museum in Moscow... and the 165th anniversary of the founding of the Tretyakov Gallery. The two volumes contain high-quality images of nearly 3500 works of painting, graphics, sculpture, and icons that made up the Tretyakov Brothers' collection, now housed in the collections of the Tretyakov Gallery, the Pushkin Museum, the Hermitage, and other museums in Russia and abroad. An engaging account of the lives and collecting endeavors of the Tretyakov Brothers and the history of their family is illustrated with rare archival photographs and documents. The author, Tatyana Yudenkova, is a curator and art historian, biographer of the Tretyakovs, and head of the department of painting from the second half of the 19th century to the early 20th century at the State Tretyakov Gallery. In this edition, the famous collections of Pavel and Sergey Tretyakov are not only compiled but also illustrated for the first time.