Savva Mamontov’s Abramtsevo Estate
Savva is influential enough to have two stops on this journey. Art was so imbued into his lifestyle that Savva transformed his dacha, Russian pleasure home, into a cultural center for Russian art.
In 1870 Savva bought the Abramtsevo Estate, a few miles north of Moscow, and began inviting the Russian culturally elite often keeping many different guests from artistic spheres in close contact. This propelled the creation of thousands of pieces of work that stayed housed in Abramstevo to only further incentivize artists. Savva’s own knowledge of singing, sculpting, and writing made him a well-respected patron of the arts. Until, again, the wave of nationalization hit and in 1917 the estate was changed into an art museum for the works of the artists that furnished the buildings.
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