India in the paintings of Russian artists

Tretyakov gallery
Tretyakov gallery
Ancient temples, luxurious palaces, bustling markets and much more – see how they saw it.

Vasily Vereshchagin. ‘Taj Mahal Mausoleum in Agra’, 1874

Tretyakov gallery
Tretyakov gallery

Vasily Vereshchagin. ‘Three Major deities in the Chingacheling buddhist monastery in Sikkim’, 1875

Tretyakov gallery
Tretyakov gallery

Vasily Vereshchagin. ‘Evening on the lake. One of the Marble pavilions on the embankment in Rajnagar (Principality of Udaipur)’, 1874

Tretyakov gallery
Tretyakov gallery

Vasily Vereshchagin. ‘Moti Masjid (Pearl Mosque) in Agra’, 1876

Tretyakov gallery
Tretyakov gallery

Vasily Vatagin. ‘Buffalo and heron’, 1920

Darwin museum
Darwin museum

Nicholas Roerich. ‘Santana’, 1937

Novosibirsk art museum
Novosibirsk art museum

Nicholas Roerich. ‘Lights on the Ganges (Flame of Happiness)’, 1947

Museum of oriental art
Museum of oriental art

Vasily Vatagin. ‘Working elephants’, 1953

Darwin museum
Darwin museum

Nicholas Roerich. ‘Brahmaputra’, 1945

Museum of oriental art
Museum of oriental art

Svyatoslav Roerich. ‘The Message’, 1953

Museum of oriental art
Museum of oriental art

Semyon Chuikov. ‘On the Bombay embankment in the evening’, 1954

Tretyakov gallery
Tretyakov gallery

Svyatoslav Roerich. ‘Return home’, 1954

Museum of oriental art
Museum of oriental art

Dmitry Nalbandian. ‘Jaipur. India’, 1974

Tretyakov gallery
Tretyakov gallery

Pavel Grechishkin. ‘Little Delhi Bazaar’, 1978

Stavropol historical, cultural and natural landscape museum-reserve named after G.N. Prozritelev and G.K. Prave
Stavropol historical, cultural and natural landscape museum-reserve named after G.N. Prozritelev and G.K. Prave

Pavel Grechishkin. ‘Under an old tree. Delhi’, 1980

Stavropol historical, cultural and natural landscape museum-reserve named after G.N. Prozritelev and G.K. Prave
Stavropol historical, cultural and natural landscape museum-reserve named after G.N. Prozritelev and G.K. Prave