Russian artists. Creation of a free union of artists in the 19th century

Russian artists 19th century during the time tired of academic monopolies in Russian art, wanted independence and creative work. Either way, the creation of the combined membership of Famous russian artists contributed to the interest of many artists who work on a freely chosen subject, therefore, to ensure its independence from the Academy of Fine Arts, the various agencies, organizations and patrons protected by the government. In 1863, 14 graduates of artists, headed by Ivan Kramskoy refused to fulfill graduation painting on proposed Academy mythological theme Feast in Valhalla but the artists demanded free choice of topic, but in the academy flatly refused, after which many artists have deliberately left the academy. The solution was this: that it was necessary to establish an independent guild of artists by type of commune, Society for Travelling Art Exhibitions "Peredvizhniki" independent from academic monopoly. It lasted not long time and broke up after 7 years, though this time in 1870, originated a new alliance of famous russian artists or traveling art exhibitions company, which moved in different cities of Russia. 

Society of famous russian artists have tried to show in their work side of true art is valued much higher than the mythological, the artists have aimed to make a broad propaganda of Fine Arts, whose purpose was social and aesthetic education of the masses, approaching life with a democratic art. Reveal in his paintings a true real life of the oppressed peasants who suffer from the power of the landlords and rich, this was main task. Many works of Union of Russian artists painted from life in the style of genre painting and other works created by the imagination from real life. Russian artists with great conviction demonstrated the existence of a new artistic movement in the first exhibition, gradually developing from 1860s. In this exhibition was shown paintings - pictures of many famous Russian artists, which presented all the popular genres: portrait, landscape and historical genre. Entire showed that 47 pieces overturned the academic ideas of art, it was the first success step of Famous Russian artists showing their paintings from true life.

By this time the academy has seen some changes. because the old rules of training is gradually disappearing. 19th century, the golden age of Russian art, which gave Russia a large number of famous artists who left a rich legacy to his descendants, whose value is simply immeasurable. Due to new free movement of Russian artists, Russian art paintings helps mankind to understand life concepts of those years and the work of artists who have great difficulty with the establishment of the Association of Traveling Art Exhibitions. 

In the fate of artists took a huge part Paul Tretjakov (1832-1898) Russian philanthropist collected a large number of paintings most of which he bought from Russian artists, later his enormous collection of paintings has reached a level of a museum collection Tretjakov quiveringly concerned to painting art russian famous artists, respected to hard work of artists, almost all condition has been enclosed in pictures famous russian paintings. In the future all the paintings were given to the museum in Moscow. Now it is world renowned Tretjakov gallery where are presented Russian painting, drawings and other masterpieces.