Artists, Union of

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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). In 1943-59, it was called the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists (LSSH). In 1959-68, it was called the Leningrad Department; in 1968-91, it was called the Leningrad Organisation of the Union of Artists of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (LOSH). The union aims to unite artists and art historians on a professional basis, to encourage creative potential. The Union of Artists unites approximately 3,500 people; it contains the following sections: painting, graphic arts, ceramics, arts and crafts, theatre and cinema, monumental art, poster, critique and art history, photography and restoration. The following people were chairmen of the management board of the Union of Artists: K. S. Petrov-Vodkin (before 1937), M. G. Manizer (1937-41), V. A. Serov (1941-48), Y. S. Nikolaev (1948-51), V. V. Sokolov (1951-53), G. V. Kosov (1953), I. A. Serebryany (1954-57), M. K. Anikushin (1962-72, 1986-90), P. T. Fomin (1972-75), B. S. Ugarov (1975-79), Y. N. Lokhovinin (1975-86), E. D. Maltsev (1990-97) and A. S. Charkin (since 1997). The building of the Union of Artists (formerly the building of the Artists Encouragement Fund) houses the Exhibition Hall established in 1978, which includes five halls with total area of1560 square metres, art gallery and the salon, Blue Living Room. Up to 40 individual, group and thematic exhibitions are held annually, with an art collection developing, as of 2003, it consisted of over 9,000 works.

Reference: Связь времен: Выст.: Художники - члены С.-Петерб. Союза художников России, 1932-1997: Кат. СПб., 1999.

O. L. Leykind, D.Y. Severyukhin. Anikushin Mikhail Konstantinovich
Charkin Albert Serafimovich
Fomin Peter Timofeevich
Kosov G.V.
Lokhovinin Yu.N.
Maltsev Evgeny Demyanovich
Manizer Matvey Genrikhovich
Nikolaev Yaroslav Sergeevich
Petrov-Vodkin Kuzma Sergeevich
Serebryany Iosif Alexandrovich
Serov Vladimir Alexandrovich
Sokolov Vasily Vasilievich
Ugarov Boris Sergeevich
Bolshaya Morskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 38
Связь времен: Выст.: Художники - чл. С.-Петерб. Союза художников России, 1932-1997: Кат. СПб., 1999