St. Petersburg Union of Artists

The building of the Imperial Society for the Promotion of Arts on Bolshaya Morskaya, 38 . Photography (1912)

Union of Artists

The St. Petersburg Union of Artists dates back to August 2, 1932, when the Leningrad branch of the Union of Soviet Artists (LOSSH) was formed at a general meeting of artists of Leningrad. Its creation was accelerated by the decision of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks “On the restructuring of literary and artistic organizations” ^[1] adopted in the spring of 1932, which, in particular, provided for the dissolution of existing literary and artistic organizations and groups and the formation of unified creative unions. In 1943-1959, the Union was called the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists ( LSSH ). From 1959 to 1968, after joining the established Union of Artists of the RSFSR, it was called the Leningrad Branch of the Union of Artists of the RSFSR, and from 1968 to 1989, it was called the Leningrad Organization of the Union of Artists of the RSFSR ( LOSH ). After the adoption on March 16, 1989 by the All-Union Conference of the Union of Artists of the USSR of the Charter of the Union of Artists of the USSR - "Leningrad Union of Artists" ( LSS ). After renaming the city, it became known as the St. Petersburg Union of Artists ( SPbSKH ).

The Union of Artists has largely preserved the traditions of the main “donor organizations”: the Union of Russian Artists , the Society for the Encouragement of Arts (since 1932 the Board of St. Petersburg Union of Artists and its Exhibition Center has been located in the building that once belonged to this society), the A. Kuindzhi Society of Artists and others. All these years, the St. Petersburg (Leningrad) Union of Artists has been and is one of the most powerful creative organizations of Russian artists. SPbSH is a collective member of the International Confederation of Artists' Union , officially being one of the assignees of the " Union of Artists of the USSR ".

Content

Structure

Includes 11 (eleven) creative associations (sections). There are sections: paintings, graphics, sculptures, ceramics, arts and crafts, theater and cinema, monumental art, a poster, criticism and art criticism, photography, and restoration. SPbC has about 3,500 members.

Guide

K. S. Petrov-Vodkin

SPbSH consistently led by:

Petrov-Vodkin, Kuzma Sergeevich (1932-1937),
Manizer, Matvey Genrikhovich (1937-1941),
Serov, Vladimir Alexandrovich (1941-1948),
Nikolaev, Yaroslav Sergeevich (1948-1951),
Sokolov, Vasily Vasilievich (1951-1953),
Kosov, Grigory Vasilievich (1953-1953),
Serebryany, Joseph Alexandrovich (1954-1957),
Sokolov, Vasily Vasilievich (1957-1962),
Anikushin, Mikhail Konstantinovich (1962-1972),
Fomin, Peter Timofeevich (1972-1975),
Ugarov, Boris Sergeevich (1975-1979),
Lokhovinin, Yuri Nikolaevich (1979-1986),
Anikushin, Mikhail Konstantinovich (1986-1990),
Maltsev, Evgeny Demyanovich (1990-1997),
Charkin, Albert Serafimovich (1997—2017),
Saykov, Alexander Vasilievich (2017-2018),
Bazanov, Andrey Nikolaevich (since 2018).

The Board of SPbCX is located at the address: 190000, St. Petersburg, 38 Bolshaya Morskaya St.

Notes

↑ Resolution of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks “On the restructuring of literary and artistic organizations” of April 23, 1932.

Gallery

S. Osipov.
Cornflowers. 1976

Literature

The first exhibition of Leningrad artists. - L: Russian Museum, 1935.
The first exhibition of front-line artists. Catalog . - L: Voengiz, 1943.
Exhibition "Heroic Defense of Leningrad". Essay guide. - L - M: Art, 1945.
The third exhibition of works by artists of the Leningrad front . - L: Military Publishing House of the People's Commissariat of Defense, 1945.
In memory of I.I. Brodsky. Memories. Documents. Letters . - L: Artist of the RSFSR, 1959.
Feat of the century. Artists, sculptors, architects, art historians during the Great Patriotic War and the siege of Leningrad. L: Lenizdat, 1969.
Artists of the peoples of the USSR. Bibliographic dictionary. T.1. M., Art, 1970.
Artists of the peoples of the USSR. Bibliographic dictionary. T.2. M., Art, 1972.
Fine art of Leningrad. Exhibition catalog. - L: Artist of the RSFSR, 1976. - P.32.
An exhibition of works by Leningrad artists dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Great October Revolution. - L: Artist of the RSFSR, 1982. - P.22.
Directory of members of the Union of artists of the USSR. T.1.2. M., Soviet artist, 1979.
Gusev V.A., Lenyashin V.A. Leningrad Fine Arts is sixty years old. // Gapeeva V.I., Gusev V.A., Tsvetova A.V. Fine art of Leningrad. - L: Artist of the RSFSR, 1981.
Artists of the peoples of the USSR. Bibliographic dictionary. T.4. Book 1. M., Art, 1983.
Directory of members of the Leningrad organization of the Union of artists of the RSFSR . - L: Artist of the RSFSR, 1987. - P.130.
Artists of the peoples of the USSR. Bibliographic dictionary. T.4. Book 2. SPb., 1995.
The connection of the times. 1932-1997. Artists are members of the St. Petersburg Union of Artists of Russia. Exhibition catalog . SPb., 1997.
Ivanov S. Unknown Socialist Realism. Leningrad school. SPb, NP-Print, 2007.
Anniversary Directory of graduates of the St. Petersburg Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after I. Repin of the Russian Academy of Arts. 1915-2005. St. Petersburg, Primrose, 2007.
Pages of memory. Memorial reference book. Artists of the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists who died during the Great Patriotic War and the blockade of Leningrad. SPb, 2010.
Pages of memory. Reference and biographical collection. 1941-1945. Artists of the St. Petersburg (Leningrad) Union of Artists are veterans of the Great Patriotic War. Book 1-2. St. Petersburg, Petropolis, 2014.

Links

[1] Resolution of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks “On the restructuring of literary and artistic organizations” of April 23, 1932.