Pavel Tretyakov and His Famous Gallery

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