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Society for the Encouragement of the Arts
Society for the Encouragement of the Arts
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SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, called the Society for the Encouragement of Artists until 1882, the Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts in 1882-1917, and the All-Russian Society for the Encouragement of the Arts from 1917. It was founded in 1820 by Prince I. A. Gagarin, A. I. Dmitriev-Mamonov, P. A. Kikin, and other patrons of the arts in order to prompt the development of fine arts in Russia, to spread art knowledge, and to provide financial support to artists. The society enjoyed the emperor's patronage, and boasted members of the Imperial family at the head of the committee, as well as Count N. I. Musin-Pushkin (1853-56), F. F. Lvov (1856-64), D. V. Grigorovich (1864-84), N. P. Sobko (1884-1900), N. K. Roerich (1901-06), and V. I. Zarubin (1906-17) as secretaries of the committee. Full membership was mainly granted to aristocrats and high officials. The status of participating member was established in 1857, and was granted to professional artists and architects, including I. K. Aivazovsky, Albert N. Benois, N. L. Benois, A. P. Bogolyubov, A. K. Bruni, N. N. Ge, P. K. Klodt, A. I. Kuindzhi, M. O. Mikeshin, and A. I. Stakenschneider. The society numbered close to 140 full members and over 600 participating members by the early 1880s. The society gave grants to students from the Academy of Arts, sending some of its graduates abroad to study, issued picture reproductions and lithographed books (such as Views of St. Petersburg and its Outskirts in 1821-26), held annual competitions in painting and applied arts, arranged exhibitions by renting the premises of the Dutch Church at 20 Nevsky Prospect, and published Khudozhestvennaya Gazeta newspaper (The Art Gazette) in 1836-39, journals Iskusstvo and Khudozhestevennaya Promyshlennost (Art and Art Industry) in 1898-1901, and journal Khudozhestvennie Sokrovishcha Rossii (Russia's Art Treasures) in 1901-08. The society took control of the Petersburg Drawing School for Irregular Students in 1857, and renamed in the Drawing School of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts (see Roerich Art School). The society's committee met mostly at the residences of its members, first at Count N. P. Rumyantsev's former mansion at 44 Angliiskaya Embankment from 1831, and later on at the former Polish Kingdom Secretariat's building at 31 Ekateringofsky Avenue (today, Rimskogo-Korsakova Avenue). The society was given the former chief policeman's residence at 38 Bolshaya Morskaya Street by the state in 1870 to accommodate the Drawing School, the Art Industry Museum founded in 1870 on the initiative of Grigorovich and named after him in 1899, as well as an art shop and several exhibition halls. Involved in education work as its major activity during the Soviet period, its stock having been annulled in 1918 as decreed by the Soviet of People's Commissars and the Drawing School handed over to the People's Commissariat of Education. The Art Industry Museum was nationalised in 1924 and closed in 1929. Nationalised in 1926, the building of the society now accommodates the St. Petersburg Union of Artists. The society itself was annulled in 1930 as "inappropriate to the spirit of the age." Reference: Собко Н. П. Краткий исторический очерк Императорского Общества поощрения художеств, 1820-1890. СПб., 1890; Макаренко Н. Е. Школа императорского Общества поощрения художеств, 1839-1914. Пг., 1914; Столпянский П. Н. Старый Петербург и Общество поощрения художеств. Л., 1928. O. L. Leikind, D.Y. Severyukhin.
Persons
Aivazovsky Ivan Konstantinovich
Benois Albert Nikolaevich
Benois Nikolay Leontievich
Bogolyubov Alexey
Bruni Alexander Konstantinovich
Dmitriev-Mamonov A.I.
Gagarin Ivan Alexeevich, Duke
Ge Nikolay Nikolaevich
Grigorovich Dmitry Vasilievich
Kikin Peter Andreevich
Klodt von Jurgensburg Peter Karlovich
Kuindzhi Arkhip Ivanovich
Lvov Fedor Fedorovich
Mikeshin Mikhail Osipovich
Musin-Pushkin N.I., Count
Roerich Nikolay Konstantinovich
Rumyantsev Nikolay Petrovich, Count
Sobko Nikolay
Stakensсhneider Andrey Ivanovich
Zarubin Viktor Ivanovich
Addresses
Angliiskaya Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 44
Bolshaya Morskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 38
Rimsky-Korsakov Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 31
Bibliographies
Собко Н. П. Краткий исторический очерк Императорского Общества поощрения художеств, 1820-1890. СПб., 1890
Макаренко Н. Е. Школа императорского Общества поощрения художеств, 1839-1914. Пг., 1914
Столпянский П. Н. Старый Петербург и Общество поощрения художеств. Л., 1928
The subject Index
Dutch Reformed Church
Khudozhestvennaya gazeta (The Art Newspaper), journal
Iskusstvo i khudozhestvennaya promyshlennost (Arts and Crafts) journal
Khudozhestvennye Sokrovishcha Rossii (The Art Treasures of Russia), album
Chronograph
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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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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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Children’s Art Schools (entry)
CHILDREN’S ART SCHOOLS are primary schools in the system of schools for creative and talented children. In 1835, K. Kh. Reissig founded in St. Petersburg public Sunday drawing and drafting classes at the Technological Institute for people of any
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Ivanov А.А., (1806-1858), Artist
IVANOV Alexander Andreevich (1806, St. Petersburg - 1858) artist. He studied at the Academy of Arts in 1817-28 under his father А. I. Ivanov and А. Е. Egorov; a member of the Academy from 1836
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Khudozhestvennye Sokrovishcha Rossii (The Art Treasures of Russia), album
KHUDOZHESTVENNYE SOKROVISHCHA ROSSII (The Art Treasures of Russia), a monthly album, published in 1901-07 by the Society for Encouragement of Artists (the editorial office was located at 83 Moika River Embankment)
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Kitner I.S., (1839-1929), architect
KITNER Ieronim Sevastyanovich (1839, St. Petersburg - 1929), architect, member of the Academy of Architecture (1867), honorary member of Academy of Fine Arts (1911)
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Kuindzhi Society
KUINDZHI SOCIETY (Kuindzhi Society of Artists), art association. Founded in 1909 on the initiative of and with financial support from A. I. Kuindzhi, its honorary chairman, in order to provide financial support to artists
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Libraries (entry)
LIBRARIES. The first library of St. Petersburg was founded in 1714 by the decree of Tsar Peter the Great as His Majesty’s Library; later on, it formed the basis of the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Morskaya Bolshaya Street
MORSKAYA BOLSHAYA STREET (in 1920-93 - Herzen Street, after A.I. Herzen), located from the General Staff Arch to Kryukov Canal. It was constructed in the early 18th century, in Morskaya settlement (hence the name)
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Neradovsky Peter Nikolaevich (1875-1962), artist
NERADOVSKY Peter Nikolaevich (1875-1962), graphic artist, art historian and museum curator. He studied in the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1888-96) under Sergey Korovin and Leonid Pasternak and the Academy of Arts
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Roerich N.K., (1874-1947), artist, archaeologist, writer
ROERICH Nikolay Konstantinovich (1874, St. Petersburg - 1947), painter, theatre artist, philosopher and public figure. Studied at the Faculty of Law of St. Petersburg University and at the Academy of Arts (1893-97) under A.I
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Saint Petersburg Society of Artists
SAINT PETERSBURG SOCIETY OF ARTISTS, renamed into Petrograd Society of Artists in 1914. Founded in 1890 by artists working in the academic style, with full members such as A. D. Kivshenko, I. E. Krachkovsky, K. Y. Kryzhitsky, L. F. Lagorio, A. I
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Schedrovsky I. S., (1815-1870/71), artist
SCHEDROVSKY Ignaty Stepanovich (1815-1870), graphic artist and painter. He settled in St. Petersburg in 1833 and the same year he started to attend the Academy of Arts, studying there until 1836 as an irregular student
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Shevchenko T.G., (1814-1861), poet and artist
SHEVCHENKO Taras Grigorievich (1814-1861, St. Petersburg), Ukrainian poet and artist. He came to St. Petersburg in 1831 as a serf (domestic servant) of P.V. Engelgardt. From 1833 he was an apprentice to V.G. Shiryaev, a master painter
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Sobko N.P. (1851-1906), art historian
SOBKO Nikolay Petrovich (1851, Tsarskoe Selo - 1906, St. Petersburg), art historian and bibliographer. He was educated at home. From 1871 to 1884, he worked at the Imperial Public Library
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Society of Russian Watercolorists
SOCIETY OF RUSSIAN WATERCOLORISTS, named the Circle of Russian Watercolorists till 1887 and the Imperial Society of Russian Watercolorists in 1907-17, art association founded in 1880 on the initiative of artist and teacher E. S
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Somov A.I., (1830-1909), art historian
SOMOV Andrey Ivanovich (1830, St. Petersburg - 1909, ibid.), art historian, museum worker and collector. He graduated from Larin's gymnasia in St. Petersburg and the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of St. Petersburg University (1854)
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Travelling Art Exhibitions, Society for
TRAVELLING ART EXHIBITIONS, The Society for (TPHV), an artistic association. It was established in 1870 by St. Petersburg and Moscow artists N. N. Ge, I. N. Kramskoy, K. E. Makovsky, G. G. Myasoedov, V. G. Perov, I. M. Pryanishnikov, A. K
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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
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