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Alexeev F.Y. (1753/55-1824), artist
ALEXEEV Fedor Yakovlevich (between 1753 and 1755, St. Petersburg - 1824), painter, watercolourist. He was a student of the Academy of Arts in 1766-73 and its retainer in Venice in 1773-77 where he mastered theatre painting. Upon his return to St
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Altman N.I. (1889-1970), artist
ALTMAN Natan Isaevich (1889-1970, Leningrad), painter, graphic artist, and sculptor, recognised as an honoured painter of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in 1968. He studied at the Odessa Drawing School in 1902-07 and M
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Anikushin M.K., (1917-1997), sculptor
ANIKUSHIN Mikhail Konstantinovich (1917, St. Petersburg-1997). Full member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, People's Artist of the USSR (1963), chairman of the management board for Leningrad Department of the Union of Artists (1962-72, 1986-90)
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Anisfeld Boris Izrailevich (1878-1973), artist
ANISFELD Boris Izrailevich (1878-1973), painter and scenic designer. He studied at the Odessa School of Art (1895-1900) and St. Petersburg's Imperial Academy of Fine Arts (1901-09) under Ilya Repin and Kardovsky (1901-09)
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Annenkov Y.P. (1889-1974), artist
ANNENKOV Yury Pavlovich (1889-1974), graphic artist, painter, scene designer, and writer. He lived in St. Petersburg from 1894. He studied in S. M. Seidenberg 's studio, Y. M. Tsionglinsky's workshop in 1909-11, and in Paris in 1911-12
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Antokolsky M.M., (1843-1902), sculptor
ANTOKOLSKY Mark Matveevich (1843-1902), sculptor. Lived in St. Petersburg from 1862-71, in Italy from 1871 to 1877, and in Paris from 1877. Studied at the Academy of Arts under N.S. Pimenova (1862-68; academician since 1871)
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Aranovich S.D., (1934-1996), film director
ARANOVICH Semen Davidovich (1934-1996), film director, People’s Artist of Russia (1994). Graduated as a director from the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography in 1965
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Arefyev А.D. (1931-1978), painter
AREFYEV Alexander Dmitrievich (1931-1978), painter. Lived in Leningrad from his childhood, he studied in a secondary drawing school in 1942-49, expelled from the ninth grade for formalism, studied at the Medical Institute in 1950-53
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Art Bureau of N. E. Dobychina
ART BUREAU OF N. E. DOBYCHINA, agency negotiating between artists and the public for the purpose of sales and hire. Opened in the fall of 1911 by N. E. Dobychina (1884-1950)
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Art Festivals (entry)
ART FESTIVALS are demonstrations of progress in different fields of art. As a rule, they are periodic and held simultaneously in several city venues. The oldest festival in St
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Art Galleries (entry)
ART GALLERIES. The first art galleries were public, cooperative and private companies that appeared in Leningrad in the mid-1980s. They disrupted the monopoly of state organizations and the Union of Artists on exhibition activity
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Artel of Artists
ARTEL OF ARTISTS (St. Petersburg Artel of Artists), the first ideological association of democratically-minded Russian artists. Founded in 1863 on I. N. Kramskoy's initiative by participants of the so-called Revolt of 14 - graduating students of the
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Artistic Unions (entry)
ARTISTIC UNIONS are unions of artists organized for the purposes of establishing joint ideas and aesthetic programmes, developing professional activity, maintaining educational and promotional efforts and charity
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Artists, Union of
ARTISTS, UNION OF, St. Petersburg Union of the Russian Artists (38 Bolshaya Morskaya Street), creative public association. It was established on 2 August 1932 as the Leningrad Department of the Union of Soviet Artists (LOSSH)
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Asanova Dinara Kuldashevna (1942-1985), film director
ASANOVA Dinara Kuldashevna (1942-1985, Leningrad), film director, Honoured Worker of the Arts of the RSFSR (1980). Graduated from the production department of VGiK (1968). From 1969, she worked as director in Lenfilm Studio
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Association of Artists
ASSOCIATION OF ARTISTS, an artistic union was established by a group of former members of the St. Petersburg Society of Artists in 1904. The Charter was approved in 1906
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Averbakh I.А., (1934-1986), film director
AVERBAKH Ilya Alexandrovich (1934 - 1986, Leningrad), film director and script writer, recipient of the Honoured Art Worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in 1976
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Bakst L.S., (1866-1924), artist
BAKST (Rosenberg) Lev Samoilovich (1866-1924), painter, graphic artist, and stage designer. He was an irregular student at the Academy of Arts in 1883-87 and private academies in Paris in 1890s. He became a member of the Academy of Arts in 1914
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Beggrow Alexander Carlovich (1841-1914), artist
BEGGROW Alexander Carlovich (1841, St. Petersburg - 1914, Gatchina), artist. The son of Carl Beggrow, Alexander studied at the Engineering and Artillery Schools (1853-1863); and in Academy of Arts under Mikhail Klodt (1873, an academic since 1899
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Beggrow C. P. (1799-1875), Artist
BEGGROW Carl Petrovich (1799 - 1875, St. Petersburg) lithographer and artist. He is a father of A. C. Beggrow. Studied at the Academy of Arts under M. N. Vorobyev (1818-21; a member of the Academy from 1832)
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Benois Albert N. (1852-1936), architect, artist
Benois Albert Nikolaevich (1852, St. Petersburg - 1936), aquarellist and architect. The son of N. L. Benois, brother of Alexander N. Benois. In 1871-77, he studied at the Architectural Department of the Academy of Fine Arts
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Benois А.N., (1870-1960), artist
BENOIS Alexander Nikolaevich (1870, St. Petersburg – 1960), painter, graphic artist, stage designer, art historian and critic. Son of N. L. Benois. He studied in K. I
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Bernstam Leopold-Bernhard (1859-1939), sculptor
BERNSTAM Leopold-Bernhard (Leopold Adolfovich) (1859-1939), sculptor. He lived in St. Petersburg in 1872-85. He studied under David Jensen at the Drawing School of Artists Encouragement Fund and in the Academy of Arts (an external student in
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Bilibin I.Y., (1876-1942), artist
BILIBIN Ivan Yakovlevich (1876-1942), graphic artist, stage designer, Ph.D. (Arts History) 1939. He studied in the Drawing School of the Society for Encouragement of the Arts in 1895-98, Princess M. K
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Borey-Art, art centre
BOREY ART (58 Liteiny Avenue), non-profit art centre. It was established in 1991. The Charter was registered in 1993. Its president and art director is T.G. Ponomarenko
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Borovikovsky V.L. (1757-1825), painter
BOROVIKOVSKY Vladimir Lukich (1757-1825, St. Petersburg), painter. Lived in St. Petersburg from 1788. He was a student of D. G. Levitsky and I. B. Lampi the Elder from 1792. A member of the Academy of Arts from 1795 and an advisor from 1802
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Braz Osip Emmanuilovich (1873-1936), artist
BRAZ Osip Emmanuilovich (1873-1936), artist. He graduated from the Odessa Art School (1890), and studied under Sandor Kholloshi in Munich (1891-94) and under Ilya Repin in the Academy of Arts (1895-96)
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Brodsky I.I. (1883 (1884 New Style)-1939), artist
BRODSKY Isaak Izrailevich (1883-1939, Leningrad), painter, Ph.D. (Arts History) 1939, honoured art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in 1932
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Bruni F.А., (1799-1875), painter
BRUNI Fedor (Fidelis) Antonovich (1799-1875, St. Petersburg), painter. Studied under A. I. Ivanov, A. E. Egorov, and V. K. Shebuev at the Academy of Arts in 1809-18
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Bryullov K.P. (1799-1852), artist
BRYULLOV Karl Pavlovich (1799, St. Petersburg - 1852), painter. A. P. Bryullov’s brother. He studied under A. I. Ivanov, A. E. Egorov, and V. K. Shebuev in the Academy of Arts in 1809-21
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