Holidays of Russia - Founding Day of the Tretyakov Gallery

Tretyakov not only had a sense of beauty and good artistic taste, but was also a true patriot of the Motherland On May 22, 1856, a textile manufacturer and aspiring philanthropist purchased the paintings “Temptation” by Nikolai Schilder and “Skirmish with Finnish Smugglers” by Vasily Khudyakov They laid the foundation for the future collection