Museum of Tropinin and Moscow artists of his time

In the museum of Vasily Andreevich Tropinin a unique exhibition of canvases is collected both by the artist himself - the famous portraitist and other painters.

Faces of Moscow

Many people bore the boring historical facts in books with difficulty. Textbooks are dominated by dry information, packed with dates and events. In order to somehow bring yourself closer to the ancestors, to imagine what people were in the past, it is worth going to the museum. And of course, the most suitable institution of such a plan is an art museum, where historical facts are described by their witnesses. People and events seem to be captured in photographs.

Few contemporaries can instantly reconstruct in their minds what the noblewoman or nobleman of the 19th century looked like. And how to distinguish them in appearance from the representatives of the merchant class?

Were there any special features in the faces of Muscovites of this period? What did ordinary people live, how did the peasants have fun and work?

The answers to all the questions asked are given by the museum of Tropinin and his contemporaries. For 150 years, Moscow has become completely different. All the changes will be told by the museum's guides. The faces in the portraits of that time do not look like the faces of contemporaries.

About the museum

The Museum of Tropinin in Moscow first opened its doors in 1969. It is considered quite new. The founder of it was a certain Felix Vishnevsky, who decided to make a present to his beloved city. In the ownership of Moscow passed not only the mansion, but also two hundred and fifty paintings, which were attached to it.

Maecenas made generous gifts not only to the city. During the period of Vishnevsky's life, they were given more than eight hundred paintings to various Russian museums.

Representatives of the art exhibition did not confine themselves to the presented masterpieces. They began to collect their collection. Over the years, the museum's museum has become ten times larger.

The basis of the museum

The main highlight of the gallery collection were paintings by Tropinin. It was he who was called the ancestor of the style of "Moscow painting". In the first half of the 19th century, the great artist was considered the favorite of the public. He loved the whole city.

Portraits, which the painter created, are still present in private collections around the world.

In addition to the works of Tropinin, the museum presents paintings by artists of the same period: Argunova, Vishnyakova, Antropov, Levitsky, Rokotov, Borovikovsky, Shchukin, Shchedrin.

And in the museum funds you can find pictures of famous masters: Viktor Vasnetsov, Ivan Aivazovsky, Benois Alexander Nikolayevich, Levitan Isaak Ilyich, Polenov Vasily Dmitrievich, Korovin Konstantin Alekseevich.

Thanks to the atmosphere of a residential old house, Tropinin's art museum fully covers the period of the first half of the nineteenth century. The best representatives of this time are gathered in the gallery. Those that can not yet be included in the exposition are sure to appear before the public later.

V. A. Tropinin

Vasily Tropinin, an artist, became famous as a pioneer of the Moscow style of painting. For him, there were two directions with which he was guided: realism and romanticism.

A great artist was born on March 19 (30), 1776, near Novgorod, in the village of. Karpovo, and died May 3 (15), 1857 in Moscow. He was buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery. Since Vasily Tropinin, whose paintings are exhibited now in the central museum of the city, was a native of the serf family, then his life can not be called easy. Although the owner and dismissed the painter's father, but the whole family gave him another count. The head of the family was forced to voluntarily hire a manager in the house of the current owner.

The new chief thought of making a confectioner out of a young boy, but his cousin insisted that the young man, who had high hopes in drawing, went to the Academy of Arts. Trained in St. Petersburg Tropinin Shchukin Stepan Semenovich, who was a Russian portrait and watercolor painter, as well as a professor at the Academy of Arts.

His training had to be interrupted at a time when Count Morkov Irakly Ivanovich moved to Ukraine, and Vasili's father died. Tropinin (the artist) became the manager instead of him. In Ukraine, he meets the love of his life - the beautiful Anna Ivanovna, and marries her. In the same place their son Arseny is born.

In 1812, together with the Morkovs, he went to Moscow, where he continued to live in the subordination of the count. When Basil was 47 years old, he became free. In the same year he was given the title of artist for the paintings he presented. For the portrait of Leberecht he receives the title of academician.

Having received freedom, he began to do his favorite thing, to teach art to young students.

Drew his self-portrait Tropinin, already being a free man.

The portrait painter was awarded the title of honorary member of the Moscow Society of Painters.

For his life, Vasily Andreevich painted over 3000 portraits.

Famous Portraits

The artist, who managed to be in subordination and feel the taste of freedom, was well versed in the lives of the poor as well as in the lives of the rich. He painted portraits of various people. Everything that experienced Tropinin, the pictures reproduced in reality. His drawings always convey emotions, a special atmosphere.

Among the most famous works of the artist can be identified a portrait of Alexander Pushkin, Ustim Karmelyuk, Karamzin, Ber, a painting called "Lacemaker", for which he was awarded more than one award.

Museum building

The Tropinin House Museum is of high historical value. He owned it Felix Vishnevsky, who died in 1978.

The museum is located in his merchant's estate, which was built in the early 19th century. Zamoskvorechye is proud of this house, one of the few buildings of that period, preserved to this day.

There has been preserved a wooden wing since 1883. On the maps of the city, it arose in 1793. Alas, in 1812 the estate burned down. But it could be rebuilt. Now in its foundation laid a stone and built a wooden mezzanine.

Inside you can see a cast-iron staircase, preserved from the 19th century to the present day.

Around the museum

The Tropinin Museum is located in the heart of the city. From him you can go to the Kremlin. It is comfortably located between Bolshaya Ordynka and Bolshaya Polyanka.

Not far from the gallery of Tropinin are also the Tretyakov Gallery, the Bakhrushin Theater Museum, Ostrovsky's House and so on.

The building is adjacent to the churches of the Resurrection of Christ, the Great Martyr Catherine, Nicholas the Wonderworker, the Assumption of Our Lady.

Visitors recommend

In the reviews that the Muscovites and guests of the city leave after visiting the museum, there are the following observations and tips:

• Take a guide who tells fascinating stories of all the paintings and sheds light on the secret signs and riddles of some works;

• Pay attention to the interior of the rooms themselves, to the furniture that complements the atmosphere of the old merchant's house of the 19th century;

• Glass, porcelain, beaded articles, bronze works exhibited in the museum - part of the exposition on decorative and applied art of the nineteenth century;

• Portrait of the artist Tropinin - this is the starting point of the exhibition;

• Come to the gallery better several times: because the room is small, and the collection of paintings is significant, museum staff change from time to time some work for others, getting them out of the fund.

Schedule and cost

There are two days off in the glyptotek: Wednesday and Tuesday. Every last Monday of the month is a sanitary day.

Visit the exhibition of artists can be on Monday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 18 pm. On Thursday, the schedule is as follows: from 13.00 to 21.00.

The ticket office of the museum has been working since its opening. It closes an hour before the termination of the exhibition itself.

As for the cost, every third Sunday of the month, admission is free. Also, the fee is canceled for disabled first and second groups, for veterans of war and children under six years old.

An adult ticket for the exhibition costs 200 rubles.

For beneficiaries, which include schoolchildren, pensioners, families with many children, the entrance is 40 rubles.

The museum hosts a variety of master classes and performances.

In the cash desk you can find out about the availability of thematic excursions and new programs. Children are led to special paintings, add interesting details to the stories, ask questions about the exhibition and come up with contests.

One of the recent fascinating tasks set before the children in the museum was the request to find the profession of people in portraits.

In 2011, after years of repair, the Tropinin Museum finally opened its doors to visitors. Since that time, the gallery's representatives are trying to follow the modern trends, attract more attention of the public to the pictures.