Tsentralnyy okrug in Moskva, Russia — Россия (Eastern Europe or Northern Asia)
The House on Vasnetsov Alley
Photographed by Charles Berman, November 24, 2021
1. The House on Vasnetsov Alley Marker
Дом в переулке Васнецова
Дом Виктора Михайловича Васнецова (1848-1926), построенный в 1894 году по проекту самого художника, стал первым жилым зданием в Москве выполненным в неорусском стиле -- национально-романтическом
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Проектирование художниками особняков было характерным явлением в
Photographed by NVO (via Wikimedia Commons under CC 3.0 license), February 3, 2008
2. Victor Vasnetsov memorial house, Moscow
The marker is not visible from the street - it is in the courtyard.
Первый архитектурный опыт художника связан с подмосковным имением Абрамцево С. И. Мамонтова, где пл проекту В. Д. Поленова и В. М. Васнецова в 1882 году в стиле псковско-новгородских храмов была построена маленькая одноглавая церковь во имя Спаса Нерукотворного, вошедшая в историю русской архитектуры как первая постройка неорусского стиля. Позже в Москве по проекту Васнецова были построены особняк И. Е. Цветкова (1899-1901) на Пречистенской набережной и фасад Третьяковской галереи (1900-1901). Но наиболее полно стилевые и духовные поиски мастера отразились в строительстве собственного жилья.
Дом Виктора Михайловича Васнецова расположен в тихом переулке вблизи московского подворья Троице-Сергиевой лавры. С северной и западной сторон разбит тенистый сад. В создании художественно выразительного образа дома художник обратился к традициям древнерусского зодчество. Ярко выраженный национальный характер всей постройке придает бревенчатый «терем» рад парадным выходом, в котором расположена белокаменная лестница, ведущая в мастерскую. Здесь, в стороне от городского шума и суеты будничной жизни, художник жил со своей семьей с 1894 по 1926 год.
Виктор Михайлович Васнецов с женой и детьми на террасе дома в Троицком переулке. Фотография, 1897. Москва.
Виктор Михайлович Васнетцов. Фотография Р. Иогансона. Май 1922, Москва
The House on Vasnetsov Alley
The house of Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov (1848-1926), built in 1894 as the artist’s own project, became the first residential building in Moscow completed in the Neorussian style -- a national-romantic variant of Art Nouveau. As in the entire vast legacy of Vasnetsov, it reflects the life and creative pursuits of the master.
The design of mansions by artists was a characteristic phenomenon in the context of the pan-European neoromantic movement of the era of Art Nouveau in the late 19th - early 20th centuries. In search of lost harmony, moved by the ideas of uniting art and life, they drew ideas from the national people and mediaeval art. The type of the universal artist returns, for whom everything is important: the environment in which the building fits into the plan of its plot, the architecture of the house, the arrangement of the interior space, the furnishings and objects of daily life. The house in all its organic entirety and harmony with the surrounding nature was created as a work of art. Such houses were the “Red House” of W. Morris in Bexleyheath in England (1858-1860, architect F. Webb), the estate of Anders Zorn in Mura (1890), and Carl Larsson in Sundborn in Sweden (late 1880s - early 1890s), the houses of A. Gallen-Kallela in Ruovesi (1894, Finland) and H. Vogeler in Barkenhoff (1895, Germany). V. M. Vasnetsov also added his contribution to this pan-European movement.
The artist’s first architectural experience was connected to the Moscow-region Abramtsevo estate of S. I. Mamontov, where as a project of V. D. Polenov and V. M. Vasnetsov, in 1892, in the style of Pskov-Novgorod temples, a small one-domed church was built in the name of the Savior Not-Made-by-Hand, which went down in the history of Russian architecture as the first construction in the neorussian style. Later in Moscow the mansion of I. E. Tsetkov (1899-1901) on Prechistenskaya Embankment and the facade of the Tretyakovskaya Gallery (1900-1901) were built as Vasnetskov’s projects. But the most fully stylistic and spiritual endeavors of the master were reflected in the construction of his own home.
The house of Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasetsov is located on a quiet alley near the Moscow compound of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. A shady garden is placed on the north and west sides. In the creation of an artistically expressive appearance for the house, the artist applied himself to the traditions of ancient Russian architecture. The brightly expressed national character of the entire construction gives us a log “terem” with a front exit, in which is placed a white stone staircase leading to the workshop. Here, on the side away from city noise and bustle of daily life, the artist lived with his family from 1894 to 1926.
(caption:) Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov with wife and children on the terrace of the house on Troitskaya alley. Photograph, 1897. Moscow.
(caption:) Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov. Photograph by R. Johanson. May 1922, Moscow.
Erected by Museum of Viktor Vasnetsov, Tretyakovsky Gallery.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Arts, Letters, Music. A significant historical month for this entry is May 1922.
Location. 55° 46.604′ N, 37° 37.579′ E. Marker is in Tsentralnyy okrug, Moskva. It is on Pereulok Vasnetsova. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Pereulok Vasnetsova 13, Tsentralnyy okrug, Moskva 12909-0, Russia. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is on the Pacific Rim. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Soviet Union and also the Russian Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bolshoi Putinkovsky Alley (approx. 1.6 kilometers away); Lidiya Litvyak (approx. 1.8 kilometers away); Nekropolis of Passion Convent (approx. 1.8 kilometers away); Boris Pavlovich Beshchev (approx. 1.8 kilometers away); Granite enclosure along the street (approx. 1.8 kilometers away); Kurakin Almshouses (approx. 1.9 kilometers away); Aleksei Aleksandrovich Surkov (approx. 1.9 kilometers away); Aleksei Denisovich Dikiy (approx. 1.9 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tsentralnyy okrug.
Also see . . .
1. Viktor Vasnetsov (Wikipedia).
Overview: Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov (Russian: Ви́ктор Миха́йлович Васнецо́в; 15 May (N.S.), 1848 – 23 July 1926) was a Russian artist who specialised in mythological and historical subjects. He is considered a co-founder of Russian folklorist and romantic nationalistic painting, and a key figure in the Russian Revivalist movement.(Submitted on July 31, 2024, by Charles Berman of Binghamton, New York.)
2. House-Museum of V.M. Vasnetzov (Wikipedia, in Russian). otherwise Дом-музей В. М. Васнецова (Submitted on July 31, 2024, by Charles Berman of Binghamton, New York.)
Credits. This page was last revised on July 31, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 27, 2024, by Charles Berman of Binghamton, New York. This page has been viewed 136 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on July 27, 2024, by Charles Berman of Binghamton, New York. 2. submitted on July 31, 2024. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
