Crafts Academy

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CRAFTS ACADEMY, State, Saint Petersburg (13 Solyanoy Lane) is one of the leading creative academies in Russia, originating from the Baron Stieglitz Central School of Technical Drawing (CSTD, 1876-1924). In October of 1943, the Leningrad Art School was created (LAS) for the development of architectural decoration of buildings. It was given the former buildings of CSTD and its museum. In October 1945 the Leningrad Crafts School (LCS) was opened on the basis of the LAS, and acquired the status of a high school in 1949 (LCHS). In 1953, it was given the name of the sculptor V.I. Mukhina. The school is associated with the work of such masters of fine arts as N.V. Baranov, P.D. Buchkin, S.V. Vasilkovsky, G.S. Vereysky, V.I. Ingal, V.V. Lebedev, M.G. Manizer, A.S. Nikolsky, A.F. Pakhomov, V.I. Shukhaev, et al. The school was transformed into the Crafts Academy in 1994. Its students studied at the faculties of design, monumental art and arts and crafts. The academy has a postgraduate program, workshops and a museum of arts and crafts. In 2002, over 1,000 students studied at the academy and over 500 teachers and employees were employed there.

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S. V. Boglachev. Baranov Nikolay Varfolomeevich
Buchkin Peter Dmitrievich
Ingal Vladimir Iosifovich
Lebedev Vladimir Vasilievich
Manizer Matvey Genrikhovich
Mukhina Vera Ignatievna
Nikolsky Alexander Sergeevich
Pakhomov Alexey Fedorovich
Shukhaev Vasily Ivanovich
Stieglitz Alexander Ludwigovich, Baron
Vasilkovsky Sergey Vladimirovich
Vereysky Georgy Semenovich
Solyanoy Lane/Saint Petersburg, city, house 13
Злобина Г. Г. Колыбель отечественного дизайна // Ленингр. панорама, 1986
Куриляк Р. П., Мартыненко В. П., Пугин В. В. Школа рисунка в Соляном переулке: Страницы истории // Краеведческие записки: Исслед. и материалы, 2000 1879