Category: museums

  • Russian art in Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val, part 3

    Russian art in Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val, part 3

    In these few posts, I am putting up photos of Russian art on display in the Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val (Третьяковская галерея на Крымском Валу) – a branch of the State Tretyakov Gallery. Click to see Part 1 and Part 2. This section includes art from the period after the 1920’s. According to the museum guide, this generation of artist

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  • Russian art in Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val, part 2

    Russian art in Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val, part 2

    In the next few posts, I will put up photos of Russian modern art that are on display in the Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val (Третьяковская галерея на Крымском Валу) – a branch of the State Tretyakov Gallery. This is part 2, and part one is here. Kasimir Malevich – a pioneer of geometric abstract art and the originator

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  • Russian art in Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val, part 1

    In this and the next five posts, I will put up photos of Russian art that are on view in the Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val (Третьяковская галерея на Крымском Валу) – a branch of the State Tretyakov Gallery. As stated in an earlier post here, this gallery only exhibits 20th century Russian art. Vladimir Tatlin, “A model”, 1913.

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  • Random photos #236 – 245

    These are the photos I (Chris) took and posted on Facebook. The series was started in March of 2013. There is no theme – just something random and visually interesting. We gave each a title and noted where it was taken (to the extent we could remember the city). random photo #236 – gang –

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