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Persons / Dobuzhinsky Mstislav Valerianovich artist
Dobuzhinsky M.V. (1875-1957), artist

DOBUZHINSKY Mstislav Valeryanovich (1875-1957), graphic artist, painter and stage designer. He studied in the Drawing School of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts in 1884-85, A

Apollon (Apollo), journal

APOLLON (Apollo), a literary journal. It was founded in 1909 by critic S. K. Makovsky, and named after the Ancient Greek God of Sun, Light and Art. In 1909-10 it came out on a monthly basis as a supplement of the Literaturny Almanakh

Arts, The House of, literary society

Arts, The House of, an organisation for literary figures. It was founded by K. I. Chukovsky, M. Gorky, A. N. Tikhonov. Opened on 19 November 1919 in the former house of the Eliseev family at 15 Nevsky Prospect / 59 Moika River Embankment

Brier, publishing house, 1906-22

BRIER, a private publishing house established in 1906 by Z.I. Grzhebin (1877 - 1929) and S.Y. Kopelman (1881-1944). The publishing house issued collected works of L.N. Andreev, B.K. Zaytsev, S.N. Sergeev-Tsensky, F

Cabaret (entry)

CABARET (from the French word cabaret - small restaurant). At the beginning of the 20th century, it was the name for small, literary and artistic restaurants, places for meetings of poets, musicians, actors, artists and other workers of art

Grigoryev Boris Dmitrievich (1886-1939), artist

GRIGORYEV Boris Dmitrievich (1886-1939), artist. He studied at the Stroganov Art School under Dmitry Shcherbinovsky (1903-07), in the Academy of Arts under Alexander Kiselev and Dmitry Kardovsky (1907-13)

Hollerbach E. F. (1892-1942), Art Historian

HOLLERBACH Erich Fedorovich (1892, Tsarskoe Selo - 1942) art historian, literary critic, bibliophile. In 1911-17, he studied at the Psychoneurological Institute

Ivanov's Wednesdays, Literary and Artistic Meetings

IVANOV'S WEDNESDAYS were weekly literary and artistic meetings held in the flat of poet and philosopher Vyach. I. Ivanov and his wife, and writer, L. D. Zinovyeva-Annibal which became the centre of literary life of St

Mate V.V., (1856-1917), Artist

MATE Vasily Vasilievich (1856-1917, Petrograd) engraver and teacher. He studied at the School of Drawing at the Artists Encouragement Fund in1870-75, under L. A. Seryakov, and at the Academy of Arts in 1875-80, under F. I. Iordan

Matyushin M.V. (1861-1934), Artist, Composer

MATYUSHIN Mikhail Vasilievich (1861-1934, Leningrad) artist, violinist, composer. He was an outstanding figure of the Petersburg artistic avant-guard. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatoire in 1881

May's Gymnasium

MAY'S GYMNASIUM, men's private high school founded by teacher K. I. May (1824-1895) as a classical school in 1856 and reorganised into a gymnasium in 1865. It had a actual department opened in 1868 and transformed into a Real school (which along

Musical Drama Theatre

MUSICAL DRAMA THEATRE, operated in St. Petersburg (Petrograd) in 1912-19. Also performed at the Grand Hall of the Conservatory. Its founder and art director was I. M. Lapitsky

Petrograd Planning Council

PETROGRAD PLANNING COUNCIL. Established in 1919, together with an architectural workshop under the supervision of architect I.A. Fomin. Among the council's members were architects A.E. Belogrud and V.A. Shchuko, artists Alexander N. Benois and M.V

Preservation of Historical and Cultural Monuments

PRESERVATION OF HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL MONUMENTS. A systematic comprehensive organization of measures aimed at research, preservation, restoration and controlled use of inherited structures and objects of cultural importance

Roerich Art School

ROERICH ART SCHOOL (88/2 Grazhdansky Avenue) is a special secondary school: it is the oldest art school in Russia. It shares its history with the Auditors Drawing School that was opened by the Ministry of Finances in the Custom House (2 Birzhevaya

Salon of Sologub

SALON OF SOLOGUB, regular meetings (at-home) of St. Petersburg writers organized in 1904-16 (occurring usually on Sundays) at the flats of writer and poet F. Sologub, L. N. Andreev, A. A. Blok, Y. N. Verkhovsky, V. V. Gippius, M. V. Dobuzhinsky, B

St. Petersburg in the Fine Arts (entry)

ST. PETERSBURG IN THE FINE ARTS. Artists started to make representations of St. Petersburg soon after the city's founding. Alexey Zubov was the first to create the panoramic view of St

Starinny (Old) Theatre

STARINNY (OLD) THEATRE, drama theatre. Functioned in the season of 1907/08 at Kononovsky Hall, 61 Moika River Embankment (today the University for Telecommunication), and 1911/12 in the exhibition halls of Solyanoy Settlement, 9b Solyanoy Lane

Tovstonogov Bolshoy Drama Theatre

TOVSTONOGOV BOLSHOY DRAMA THEATRE (BDT), academic theater located at 65 Fontanka Embankment, founded in 1919 by the joint effort of A.A. Blok (director), M. Gorky (in 1932-92 bore his name) and M.F

Vereysky G.S., (1886-1962), graphic artist

VEREYSKY Georgy Semenovich (1886-1962, Leningrad), graphic artist, full member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (1949), people's artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1962). He studied in Kharkov and was a student of M. V

World of Art, Association

WORLD OF ART, an art association. Begun in the mid-1890s by a circle of students, the main body including graduates of K. I. May's Gymnasium, such as Alexander N. Benois, W. F. Nouvel, and D. V. Filosofov, who were later joined by L. S. Bakst, S. P

Yaremich S.P. (1869-1938), artist, art historian

YAREMICH Stepan Petrovich (1869-1938, Leningrad), art historian, artist, collector. Studied in a real school in Kiev. Moved to St. Petersburg in 1899. Yaremich was a member of the World of Art Association and Old St. Petersburg Society