House-Museum of V. M. Vasnetsov

In a quiet lane in the center of Moscow, there is a two-story wooden house that looks like a fairy-tale tower. Muscovites call it that - teremok. Here is the House-Museum of the famous Russian painter Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov.

History of the museum

The building was erected in 1893-1894 according to drawings and sketches created by the artist himself. In this mansion, V.M. Vasnetsov lived with his family in 1894-1926. The building is considered a brilliant example of the neo-Russian style. The project of the house combined the techniques of Art Nouveau, which was emerging in those years, with elements of ancient Russian architecture. This architectural structure embodied the master's ideas about beautiful and harmonious housing.

The founding date of the museum is considered to be 1927, when after the death of V.M. Vasnetsov, a permanent exhibition of 212 exhibits, organized by his family, began working in the house. For another quarter of a century, the painter's relatives lived in the mansion, carefully preserving his artistic heritage. In the summer of 1953, the official opening of the V.M. Vasnetsov. A year later, 3rd Troitsky Lane, where the mansion is located, was renamed Vasnetsov Lane. In 1986, the house-museum became part of the Tretyakov Gallery.

Museum exhibition

Since the founding of the V.M. Vasnetsov's exposition has increased to 25 thousand items, including:

portraits of family members made by Viktor Mikhailovich;
icons and national costumes from the master's collection;
furniture created according to the sketches of V.M. Vasnetsova and E.D. Polenova;
painting, graphics, sketches of the artist and his colleagues;
household items and works of arts and crafts;
authentic letters, photographs and other documents;
Vasnetsov's personal library, many books from which are autographed by writers, architects and painters who worked at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries.

The exhibits introduce museum visitors to the life of an outstanding artist and allow them to experience the versatility of his work, based on national traditions. The architecture, internal layout and partly the interiors of the building have survived to this day in their original form. They convey the atmosphere of the mansion created by Viktor Mikhailovich for himself and his family.

The second floor of the house was reserved for an art workshop, where the painter created famous canvases inspired by the images of Russian folklore. Today, here you can see paintings from the series “Poem of Seven Fairy Tales”, including “Flying Carpet”, "The Frog Princess" and other works. The atmosphere of the workshop has been preserved in the form it was during the life of the artist.