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Dow George, (1781-1829), artist
DOW George (1781-1829), an English painter, honorary associate of the Academy of Arts from 1820. He studied under T. Lawrence in the Royal Academy of Arts in London from 1796 to 1810. Invited by Emperor Alexander I, he lived in St
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Drama Theatre (entry)
DRAMA THEATRE. The performances of the theatre of Tsar Peter the Great's sister, Tsarevna Natalia Alexeevna (from 1714) can be considered as the first attempts to establish a standing public theatre in St. Petersburg
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Dramatic Theatre on Liteiny
DRAMATIC THEATRE ON LITEINY, Regional (51 Liteiny Avenue) was the Drama and Comedy Theatre before1990. It was first opened in 1945 as the Youth Theatre Studio under the guidance of Alexander Wiener, but had no premises
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Drankov А.O. (1880-1948), cinematographer
DRANKOV Alexander Osipovich (1880, St. Petersburg - 1948), photographer, film manufacturer, film director, and cameraman. One of the founders of the national cinema, he opened the first Russian film production studio in 1907
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Dudinskaya N.М.(1912-2003), ballet dancer, instructor
DUDINSKAYA Natalia Mikhailovna (1912-2003, St. Petersburg), ballet dancer, People's Artist of the USSR (1957), Honorary Citizen of St. Petersburg (1998). Graduated from the Leningrad Choreography School under of A. Y. Vaganova in 1931
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Dunaevsky I.O., (1900-1955), composer
DUNAEVSKY Isaak Osipovich (1900-1955), composer, pianist, director of music and theatrical groups, people's artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1950). Graduated from Kharkov Conservatory, he lived in Leningrad in 1929-41
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Dyagilev S.P., (1872-1929), worker of theatre and arts
DYAGILEV Sergey Pavlovich (1872-1929), theatrical and artistic figure, publisher and critic. He lived in St. Petersbrug from 1890. Graduated from Petersburg University with a major in law in 1896
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Dyur N.O. (1807-1839), actor
DYUR Nikolay Osipovich (1807 - 1839, St. Petersburg), actor. After receiving training in ballet and drama at the Theatre College in St. Petersburg in 1829, he joined the Russian court drama company
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Eliasberg K.I., (1907-1978), conductor
ELIASBERG Karl Ilyich (1907-1978, Leningrad), conductor, Honoured Worker of Art of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1944). In 1929 he graduated from Leningrad Conservatory where he majored in violin performance
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Eney Е.Е., (1890-1971), cinema artist
ENEY Evgeny Evgenievich (1890-1971, Leningrad), film designer, People’s Artist of the USSR in 1969. Studied at the Academy of Arts, Budapest, in 1910-14. Participated in the Civil War as a Hungarian Internationalist
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Engraving Chamber
ENGRAVING CHAMBER was an engraving workshop, a section of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences of Russia which made engravings mainly for publishing houses, including book illustrations, scientific illustrations and tables
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Ermler F.M. (1898-1967), film director
ERMLER Friedrich Markovich (1898-1967, Leningrad), film director, People’s Artist of the USSR (1948). Studied acting at the Leningrad Institute of Screen Arts in 1923-24 and at the Film Academy in 1929-31
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Ermolaeva Vera Mikhailovna (1893-1937), artist
ERMOLAEVA Vera Mikhailovna (1893-1937), painter, graphic artist and book illustrator. She studied at the painting school of Mikhail Bernstein (1911-14) and the Archeology Institute (1914-17)
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Ershov I.V., (1867-1943), singer
ERSHOV Ivan Vasilievich (1867-1943), opera singer (dramatic tenor), chamber singer, director, and teacher. People's artist of the USSR in 1938 and Ph.D. (Arts History) in 1941. He graduated from St
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Evenings of Contemporary Music, musical society
EVENINGS OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC, musical society, existed between 1901 and 1912, aimed to perform and popularise European and Russian chamber music from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries
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Evreinov N.N., (1879-1953), director
EVREINOV Nikolay Nikolaevich (1879-1953), playwright, director, theorist, theatre historian. Lived in St. Petersburg in 1892-1925. Graduated from the School of Law (1901), mastered composition under N.A
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Faberge Company
FABERGE COMPANY is a jewelry company, founded in 1842 by Gustav Faberge, master of diamond business (1814-94). The Company was located at Bolshaya Morskaya Street; before 1854 at No.11; in 1854-1900 at No.16; and from 1900 – at No
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Factory of Eccentricity
FACTORY OF ECCENTRICITY (FEKS), the creative association, existed in Petrograd (Leningrad) in 1922-26. The aesthetic programme of the Factory of Eccentricity stood close to the ideas of the Leftist Arts Front and V. E. Meyerhold’s and V. V
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Falconet E. M., (1716-1791), sculptor
FALCONET Etienne Maurice (1716-1791), sculptor. He studied sculpture under J. B. Le Moin in Paris in 1734-44. He was the director of the Sevres Porcelain Factory in 1757-66
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Fedosov V.I. (1941-1990), cinematographer
FEDOSOV Valery Ivanovich (1941-1990, Leningrad), cinematographer. He graduated from the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography and started working at Lenfilm Studio in 1963. He produced his best performance in A. Y
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Fedotov P.A., (1815-1852), artist
FEDOTOV Pavel Andreevich (1815-1852, St. Petersburg), painter and graphic artist, fellow of the Academy of Arts (1848). A graduate from the First Moscow Cadet Corps, he rendered his service at the Finlyandsky Life Guards Regiment in St
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Field J. (1782 - 1837), composer, pianist
FIELD John (1782-1837), Irish pianist, composer, teacher. Studied in London under M. Clementi from 1792 to 1802. Started giving concerts throughout Europe as early as 1794. In 1802, together with Clementi, he came to St
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Fighting Pencil, Society
FIGHTING PENCIL, association of artists and poets in Leningrad that published lithographic propaganda posters and books of satirical drawings. Started their activities during the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-40
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Figner N.N., (1857-1918), singer
Figner Nikolay Nikolaevich (1857-1918), opera singer (lyric tenor), stage-director, pedagogue, theatre figure. Brother of V.N. Figner. In 1878 he graduated from the Marine Cadet Corps in St. Petersburg, served in the Fleet, and retired in 1881
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Film Companies (entry)
FILM COMPANIES are film production enterprises from the early 20th century. The first film company in Russia - The First Atelier for Manufacturing of Cinematic Films - was founded by Alexander Drankov in 1907
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Filonov P.N., (1883-1941), artist
FILONOV Pavel Nikolaevich (1883-1941, Leningrad), painter and graphic artist. From 1896 he was living in St. Petersburg, where he studied painting at the Drawing School of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts (1896-1901), L.E
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Findeizen N.F., (1868-1928), musician
FINDEIZEN Nikolay Fedorovich (1868, St. Petersburg - 1928), music critic, historian of the Russian music, music figure. Graduated from the Commercial School, took music lessons in composition from N.A. Sokolov (1890-92)
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Fokine M.M., (1880-1942), ballet-master
FOKINE Mikhail Mikhailovich (1880, St. Petersburg - 1942), dancer, ballet-master, pedagogue. From 1898, after graduating from Legat class of Petersburg Theatre School, he was the 1st dancer at the Mariinsky Theatre
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Fomin E.I., (1761-1800), composer
FOMIN Evstigney Ipatovich (1761 - 1800, St. Petersburg), composer. Enlisted at the age of 6 for classes at the Academy of Arts, from which he graduated in 1782
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Free Culture, association
FREE CULTURE is an association that was founded in 1990 as the Leningrad Branch of the All-Union Humanitarian Pushkin Fund. In 1992 it became The St. Petersburg Humanitarian Fund of "Free Culture" and in 1997 it was reorganized into the Partnership
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