Pavel Tretyakov
From Moscowiki
Pavel Tretyakov is a famous Russian collector.
Being very successful Moscow merchant and great art expert, Pavel Tretyakov (1832-1898) founded the State Tretyakov Gallery. In 1856, he bought first paintings for his collection, and since that time on, he enriched it with the very best works by contemporary painters. The Gallery was situated at the expanded Tretyakov brothers' mansion in Lavrushinsky Pereulok. In 1892 Pavel Tretyakov presented his collection, already famous by that time, to the city of Moscow.
