The Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow is the leading museum of Russian art. It began with the collection of the merchant Pavel Tretyakov, who started buying contemporary Russian paintings in the middle of the 19th century and in 1892 donated his collection, with his brother's, to the city of Moscow. The museum's well-known facade in Russian revival style, designed by the painter Viktor Vasnetsov, was added in the early 1900s. Its collection runs from medieval icons, including Andrei Rublev's Trinity, to works of the 19th-century Wanderers and Soviet and modern art. A second building, the New Tretyakov Gallery, houses 20th-century art.
Before and after
- 16 October 1855Founding of ETH Zurich
- 11 November 1855Death of Søren Kierkegaard
- 16 November 1855Livingstone sees Victoria Falls
- 1856Construction of Central Park
- 1856Construction of Tretyakov Gallery
- 1856Construction of Dolmabahçe Palace
- 1856Pottawatomie Massacre
- 1856Refrigerator
- from 1856 to 1860Second Opium War
More in Art, literature & culture
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- 7 May 1824Beethoven's Ninth Symphony premieres
- 26 November 1865Publication of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- 1871The Internationale
- from 1886 to 1905Rise of Post-impressionism
- from 6 April 1896 to 15 April 18961896 Summer Olympics
The era
This moment belongs to the Industrial era (1760 CE to 1914 CE), steam, factories and revolutions. You can also browse everything in the 19th century.