Михаил Морозов

Mikhail Morozov’s collection the works from which are included into the collation was very diversified. It included pieces by Alexander Benois, ‘the singer of Versailles’, landscapes by Isaac Levitan, genre scenes by Vasily Perov and impressionist canvases by Konstantin Korovin. An important place in the collection belongs to Mikhail Vrubel – his masterpiece The Swan Princess, illustrations to the poem Demon and Fortune-Teller. The collector also took to art nouveau style acquiring works by Victor and Apollinary Vasnetsov. Morozov was very happy to buy Vasily Surikov’s sketches and studies made for his major painted epic pieces.

The collection also had depictions of the collector’s family members: the colorful gala portrait of his mother Varvara Morozova by Konstantin Makovsky and the famous portrait of his son Micky Morozov by Valentin Serov.

This material has been prepared jointly with the Pavel and Sergey Tretyakov Museum.