The first exhibition of Leningrad artists

The preparation of the first exhibition of Leningrad artists was jointly carried out by LOSSH and the Soviet department of the State Russian Museum . The Commission for organizing the exhibition, chaired by the Secretary of the Leningrad City Council I. Kasparov, included 20 people, among them the largest Leningrad artists and sculptors Honored Art Workers of the RSFSR K. S. Petrov-Vodkin , I. I. Brodsky , M. G. Manizer , A. A Rylov , artists A. N. Samokhvalov , N. E. Radlov , M. I. Avilov , N. I. Dormidontov , I. G. Drozdov and others.

The exposition group consisted of scientists from the State Russian Museum, I. V. Ginzburg, G. M. Presnov, E. Ya. Volokhonskaya, O. G. Savateeva, artists M. I. Avilov , G. N. Bibikov , A. A. Brailovsky, P. D. Buchkin , V. V. Voinov , I. G. Drozdov , A. F. Pakhomov , A. N. Samokhvalov , N. V. Tomsky , S. B. Yudovin and others. ^[3]

The exhibition was attended by 282 artists. ^[4] Among them, M. I. Avilov , P. I. Basmanov , V. F. Bogatyrev, I. I. Brodsky , P. D. Buchkin , Yu. A. Vasnetsov , G. S. Vereisky , L. I Gagarina , A. D. Zaitsev , V. V. Isaev , B. M. Kaplyansky, E. A. Kibrik , V. M. Konashevich , N. I. Kostrov , E. S. Kruglikova , A. A. Leporskaya , V.V. Lishev , K. S. Malevich , M. G. Manizer , A. T. Matveev , D. I. Mitrokhin , V. Oreshnikov , V. V. Pakulin , A. F. Pakhomov , K. S Petrov-Vodkin , V. N. Proshkin , A. A. Rylov , N. A. Tyrsa , R. Frents , E. M. Cheptsov , P. A. Shillingovsky and many other outstanding masters of painting, drawing, sculpture, decorative -applied art Twa. According to V. A. Ushakova, all these masters in their work “primarily relied on the best traditions of the Russian realistic school, which later became known as Leningrad”. ^[five]

1079 works of all genres and types of art created by artists over the past three years were exhibited. ^[6] Among them are such well-known works as “Girl in a T-shirt” by A. N. Samokhvalov , “Spring” , “Anxiety” by K. S. Petrova-Vodkin , “Girl Squeezing Hair” by A. T. Matveev , “Self-portrait ” K. S. Malevich , “ Stratostat Osaviahim-I ” G. N. Bibikova , “ Demonstration on the avenue on October 25 ” I. I. Brodsky , “ Portrait in red ” N. A. Tyrsa , “ Portrait of the artist Shishmareva ” V. V. Lebedeva , "ANT-20 Maxim Gorky" V.V. Kuptsova and several others. ^{[7] [8]}

Genre painting was presented at the exhibition by the paintings “On Maneuvers”, “Physical Education in the Red Army” by M. I. Avilov , “In the Central Control Commission on the Kirov Islands” by G. M. Bobrovsky, “Threshing on the Collective Farm” by E. M. Cheptsova , “Komsomol at the I. Stalin factory ”S. A. Chugunov,“ Demonstration at the bridge of Lieutenant Schmidt ”A. I. Zakolodin,“ After bathing ” A. F. Pakhomov ,“ Young breeders ”by K. I. Rudakov and others.

For the first time, the theme of sports and physical education was widely represented at the exhibition, including in the works “Water Sports” by V.P. Belkin, “Basketball Game of the Women’s Teams of the 1st and 3rd National Teams in Leningrad, TsPKO” G.I. Lange, “Parachuting” by V. N. Popov, “Running at the Leningrad Hippodrome” by V. I. Kurdov, “At the Stadium” by A. N. Samokhvalov , “Football Match. USSR - Turkey ”,“ Discus thrower comrade Arkhipov, Dynamo ” N. I. Dormidontova ,“ Skiers ”A. I. Zhab and others.

Portrait painting was presented at the exhibition by the works “Chairman of the collective farm, Comrade Olympiev” L. I. Volshtein, “Portrait of a Senegalka” by M. F. Verbov, “Ballerina Vecheslova in the ballet“ Flames of Paris ”by N. K. Shvede-Radlova,“ Self-portrait ” K S. Malevich , a series of “Girls of the Metro” A. N. Samokhvalov , “Portrait of L.” N. A. Tyrsa , “Chairman of the Village Council Dasha Prokhorov” S. I. Dymshits-Tolstoy, “Portrait of Dmitrieva” N. E. Radlova , “Portrait of the writer K. Fedin” by K. S. Petrov-Vodkin , “Two Girls” by A. F. Pakhomov , “The Blacksmith Comrade Yakovlev” V. I. Malagis, “Portrait People's Artist P.Z. Andreev " P. D. Buchkin and others.

The historical and revolutionary theme was presented at the exhibition by the works “The workers of the Nevsky Zastava go to the city center on January 9, 1905” by A. A. Gromov, “Mayevka in 1891” by E. M. Cheptsova , “Defense of Petrograd from Yudenich” by V. A. Serov , “The Storm of Kronstadt” by R. Frents , “Spartak Uprising in 1918” by V. L. Anisovich, “Adoption of a Decree on the Creation of a Worker-Peasant Red Army” by A. I. Savinov and others.

The landscape was presented at the exhibition by the works “Forest” by V. D. Avlas, “The Village Landscape” by G. A. Aramnova, “On the Eve of the Arctic” by N. E. Bublikova, “Siverskaya Dam” by D. E. Zagoskin, “Winter” S A. Vlasova, “Kursk Magnetic Anomaly” by O. D. Zhudina, “Murmansk Coast” by N. I. Kostrov, “Landscape” by V. V. Kremer, “Cows on Pasture” by V. V. Pakulin, “Seaplane over the Lake in Karelia ”by B. I. Tsvetkov,“ Landscape with an airship ”by A. N. Samokhvalov ,“ In the port. Cranes ”by V. V. Sukova,“ Landscape of Armenia ”M. A. Aslamazyan and others. The theme of Leningrad was presented in the works of Neva by A. E. Karev, Tuchkov bridge in winter by A. S. Vedernikov , On the Stone Island by A. I. Volgushev, Neva. Fog ”by V. A. Grinberg ,“ Leningrad Port. An icebreaker conducts a caravan of ships ”by I. G. Drozdov and others.

In the introductory article of the senior researcher of the Russian Museum I.V. Ginzburg to the exhibition catalog, it is noted that the exhibition showed “the Leningrad iso-front in all its creative diversity”, its origins and searches, “starting from the numerous remnants of Russian academism and impressionism or not less frequent submission to post-Impressionist French culture and ending with experiments in creating the monumental art of sculpture and frescoes and a noticeable increase in the realistic portrait and landscape. ” ^[9]

The famous art historian V. A. Ushakova in a 2003 review article “The Past and Present of the Leningrad - St. Petersburg Union of Artists” calls the First Exhibition of Leningrad Artists of 1935 a program for the young LOSSX association. And there he notes the following feature of Leningrad art revealed by the exhibition: “Sometimes very dissimilar to each other in aesthetic views and style, the artists retained some internal commonality and fundamental unity, which made it possible to talk in general about the peculiar phenomenon of artistic culture connected by traditional continuity.” ^{[ ten]}

According to another famous historian of Leningrad art A. G. Raskin , who set out in 1999 in the article “Connection of Times”, the main participants in the First Exhibition of Leningrad Artists of 1935 “became a new unified creative organization. It was at this moment that relations with the traditions of the St. Petersburg school arose, which were passed like a baton from hand to hand and highlight much in the future development of Russian art. Moreover, almost all the participants in this significant exhibition have become mentors in the art of the young generation. ” ^[11] In the same place, A. G. Raskin calls the participants of the First Exhibition of Leningrad Artists of 1935 the “founding fathers” of LOSSH, whose works constituted one of the eternal layers of Russian art. ” ^[12]

• Fine art of Leningrad
• Leningrad Union of Artists

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