The State Tretyakov Gallery
Membership
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“The Tretyakov Gallery Friends Society”
The State Tretyakov Gallery - is one of the most famous museums in the world. Its collection highlights Russian art with exclusive completeness from the ancient time (11-12th century) to the present day. The Gallery was founded in 1856 by the Moscow merchant and entrepreneur Pavel Tretyakov. Since that time it has become one of the largest Russian museums, encompassing approximately 150,000 paintings, sculptures and graphic works.
The collection is on permanent display at the Gallery's two main buildings in the historical part of Moscow downtown: in Lavrushinsky Lane (early Russian art, Russian art of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries) and on Krymsky Val (20th century art, modern and contemporary art). The complex of museum buildings in Lavrushinsky Lane is one of Moscow's most beautiful architectural ensembles. The All-Russian Museum Corporation of the State Tretyakov Gallery also includes five small memorial museums.
The Tretyakov Gallery is a research, scientific, cultural and educational centre. Every year a lot of exhibitions, tours, lectures, diverse work with children, various conferences are organized both in Moscow and abroad by the Gallery. The museum also publishes numerous albums, catalogues and guidebooks.
By Russian President Decree ¹ 294, dated 18.12.91, the State Tretyakov Gallery was acknowledged as one of the most treasured cultural heritage establishments in the Russian Federation.
In September 1996 the Tretyakov Gallery Board of Trustees, which had been eliminated in the first Soviet years, resumed its work again. Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov was elected the Chairman of the Board.
In May 2006 the Tretyakov Gallery celebrated the 150-th anniversary of its foundation.
The Tretyakov Gallery addresses a request to everyone who cares about Russian art for support the Gallery in development its projects. We will be glad to see you among Friends of our museum and your help is much appreciated.
By supporting the Tretyakov Gallery – the museum that is generally recognized and loved – you contribute to the preservation and development of the most important treasure-house of Russian art.
“The State Tretyakov Gallery Friends Society” includes both corporate and individual members who support the Tretyakov Gallery and assist it to carry out essential tasks in storing, collecting and exhibiting works of Russian art, scientific and research work in the fields of art and culture.
• Individual Members make an annual donation not less than 3,000 rubles. Money can be donated by both Russian and foreign people.
• Corporate Members make an annual donation not less than 60,000 rubles. Both Russian and foreign companies can make charitable donations to the Gallery (or suggest a different kind of support).
Membership is renewed annually.
“The State Tretyakov Gallery Friends Society” was found in June 1995. Since then, with help of its Friends, the Gallery has implemented a series of important projects. Among them:
1- purchasing of climate control and cooling system equipment; security and fire alarm system reconstruction at Krymsky Val; acquisition of new equipment for the Restoration Department; creation of a new variant of the permanent collection display “Art of the 20th century” at Krymsky Val
2- organization of the following exhibitions - "Michael Vrubel", "M. Larionov and N. Goncharova: Masterpieces from the Parisian Heritage", "Catherine the Great & Moscow", "I. Aivazovsky", "New entries of the State Tretyakov Gallery" "Karl Brulov", "The Amazons of the Avant-garde", “Women –artists in Russia”, “Sound and image”, “Ways of Russian impressionism. Dedicated to 100th anniversary of the Russian Artists Union”, “Cubism – Êóáèçì – Kubismus. Artistic movement in Europe in 1907-1927”, “Roden, Golubkina, Klodel. Meeting through centuries”, “B.M.Kustodiev”, “Prisoners of the beauty. Russian academic and salon art of the 1830-1910-s years”, “Russian Munich”, “Jack of diamonds”, “Mark Shagal: Hello Motherland!”, “Alexey Kondratievich Sovrasov. 175-th anniversary”, “World museums congratulate the State Tretyakov Gallery. Masterpieces of d’Orsay museum”, “Russian symbolism. “Blue rose”, “Alexander Andreevich Ivanov. 200-th anniversary”, exhibition project “Europe – Russia – Europe”, “I.I.Shishkin. 175-th anniversary”, “Toulouse-Lautrec. Paris pleasures”, “Golden Fleece. 1906-1909. Source of Russian avant-garde” and many others
3- acquisitions of paintings by Surikov, Levitsky, Semiradsky, Kramskoy, Makovsky, Moller, Levitan, Serebryakova, Ryabushkin, Serov, Vasnetsov, Savrasov, Sapunov, ceramics by Vrubel, early Russian icons and a great variety of paintings and sculptures for the display “Art of the 20th century” (including works by Vechtomov, Chernyshov, Masterkov, Faybisovitch, Zvezdochetov, Yankilevsky, Gorohovsky, Ernst Neizvestny, Della-Vos-Kardovskaya, Shteinberg, Tarhov, Golubkina, Gilinskaya) and many others
4- restoration of artworks, such as: “Portrait of V.A.Perovsky” (1837) by K.P.Brullov, icon “Assumption of the Virgin” (1736) by Ivan Alexandrov
5- publishing of the United Catalogue of the State Tretyakov Gallery collection, albums, guide-books, exhibition’s catalogues, brochures, video-films, CD-Rom and many others
6- creation of the Art School for children at Krymsky Val and support of its work
7- acquisition of modern computer hardware and multimedia equipment
Different companies have kindly helped the Gallery with their services (legal, technical, consulting, audit) and assistance in holding ceremonial presentations, receptions and concerts.
Defining the sum of your annual contribution, you also define the level of your support to the Gallery and the benefits your contribution guarantees.
