Sergei Tretyakov (1834 - 25 July 1892) was a Russian philanthropist and patron of the arts, who co-founded the

Tretyakov Gallery The State Tretyakov Gallery (russian: Государственная Третьяковская Галерея, ''Gosudarstvennaya Tretyâkovskaya Galereya''; abbreviated ГТГ, ''GTG'') is an art gallery in Moscow, Russia, which is considered th ...

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

with his brother

Pavel Tretyakov Pavel Mikhaylovich Tretyakov (russian: Па́вел Миха́йлович Третьяко́в; 27 December 1832 – 16 December 1898) was a Russian businessman, patron of art, collector, and philanthropist who gave his name to the Tretyakov Ga ...

Tretyakov Gallery

In 1851, Tretyakov and his brother

acquired a property on the right bank of the

Moskva River The Moskva (russian: река Москва, Москва-река, ''Moskva-reka'') is a river running through western Russia. It rises about west of Moscow and flows roughly east through the Smolensk and Moscow Oblasts, passing through centra ...

to use as offices, also using the building to house their art collection, which became known as the

. Sergei's collection was smaller than his brother's, but also very valuable. The first work to be added to his collection was

Alexey Bogolyubov Alexey Petrovich Bogolyubov (russian: Алексей Петрович Боголюбов; 16 March 1824 – 3 February 1896) was a Russian landscape art, landscape painter. Biography Bogolyubov was born in the Pomeranie village of Novgorod Gube ...

's ''Ipatievsky Monastery near Kostroma''. He later began collecting primarily works from Western European artists, especially French romantics and realists. On Sergei's death in 1892, both brothers' collections were donated to the Moscow city administrators. The brothers' combined collections consisted of 1,287 paintings, 518 drawings and 9 sculptures by Russian artists, along with 75 paintings and eight drawings by European artists, mainly French and German masters of the late 19th century. The value of the donated collections was estimated at 1,429,000 roubles. The city converted the brothers' private showroom into a gallery accessible to the public, free of charge. The official opening of the Moscow City Gallery of Pavel and Sergei Tretyakov, as it was then named, took place on 15 August 1893, with over 700 visitors on the first day.

Other activities

He was also the chief of the Moscow municipal administration, from 1876 to 1882.

References

1834 births 1892 deaths Philanthropists from the Russian Empire Russian art patrons Tretyakov Gallery 19th-century philanthropists Mayors of Moscow {{Russia-bio-stub