The State Tretyakov Gallery. II. Warm-up. . Russians take great pride in their art and there are many treasure houses of Russian fine art all over the country.. II. Reading. + Presentation.. The State Tretyakov Gallery

The State Tretyakov Gallery

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" Moscow is the largest cultural centre of Russia. There are more than 80 museums in Moscow. The largest museums are the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts and the State Tretyakov Gallery. The State Tretyakov Gallery is a major research, artistic, cultural and education centre of Russia, and a museum of Russian Art. Founded as a private collection in 1856 by the entrepreneur Pavel Tretyakov, a patron of the arts, it was donated to the city of Moscow in 1892.

The Gallery contains more than 55 thousand works today, including the rich collection of ancient Russian icons of the 12th — 17th centuries, paintings and sculptures from the 18th to 20th centuries. In 1994, the Tretyakov Gallery opened after 10 years of restoration. "

Russians take great pride in their art and there are many treasure houses of Russian fine art all over the country.

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The State Tretyakov Gallery

The Tretyakov Gallery is in Moscow not far from the Kremlin and it is the national treasury of Russian fine art. The Moscow merchant and industrialist Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov (1832-1898) founded the museum in 1856 by starting a collection of works of art by artists of his day. He presented his collection to the city in 1892.

Today, all the art inside the gallery, which includes more than 130, 000 works, is by Russian artists who have made a contribution to the history of Russian art. Artworks from the 11th to the early 20th century are displayed in one building on LavrushinskiyPereulok and the more modern works including many by post-war avant-garde artists are in a new building on Krymskiy Val.

The LavrushinskiyPereulok site has 62 rooms filled with art. It has an amazing collection of Russian art including many famous paintings by Isaac Levitan and Ilya Repin such as the masterpieces “March” and “Burlaky on the Volga”. There is also the Engraving Room which has an impressive collection of engravings including the Rovinsky Collection, the Mosolov Collection and many others which used to belong to Russian nobles and the royal family. The museum also houses a large collection of ancient, medieval, Russian and Soviet coins, medals, plaques and banknotes.

The gallery on Krymskiy Val is also called the House of Artists. Here you can see a fine collection of early modern art - including Malevich’s “Black Square” and Kandinsky’s “Composition VII”.

The Tretyakov Gallery is open every day except Mondays from 10 am to 7 pm and the House of Artists is open every day except Mondays from 10 am to 8 pm. Admission costs from 50- 130 rubles for children and students and from 100 - 225 rubles for adults. Prices are cheaper for the elderly.

DISCUSS

• Do you like art? Who is your favourite artist?

• What is your favourite style of art? Why?

• If you could create any kind of art, what would it be? Why?

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