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Khudozhestvennye Sokrovishcha Rossii (The Art Treasures of Russia), album

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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), and was aimed at art connoisseurs and amateurs. The editor-in-chief, A. N. Benois, also created the journal's design, in 1903 А. V. Prakhov took over the editing. The journal published copies of paintings, sculptures, architectural objects, applied and decorative art objects and their description; it also contained the section Chronicle of Art Life. A number of issues were entirely devoted to St. Petersburg's Museum and Palace Art Collections.

O. L. Leikind, D. Y. Severyukhin.

Persons

Benois Alexander Nikolaevich
Prakhov Adrian Viktorovich

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Moika River Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 83

The subject Index

Society for the Encouragement of the Arts

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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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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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Kurbatov V.Y., (1878-1957), Chemist, Regional Ethnographer KURBATOV Vladimir Yakovlevich (1878, St. Petersburg - 1957, Leningrad) chemist, art historian, regional ethnographer. Upon graduating from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the St

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Society for the Encouragement of the Arts 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

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Somov K.A., (1869-1939), Artist SOMOV Konstantin Andreevich (1869 - 1939, St. Petersburg) painter and graphic artist. Son of A. I. Somov. He studied at the Academy of Arts from 1888 to 1897, as well as teaching there. He was a member of the Academy from 1914

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