1988 In Fine Arts Of The Soviet Union
The year 1988 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian Fine Arts. Events * Exhibition of works by Dmitry Belajev was opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists. * Exhibition of works by Margarita Piskareva was opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists. * Exhibition of works by Vasily Savinsky (1859–1937) was opened in the Museum of the Academy of Arts in Leningrad * September 17 — In Voronezh on Prospekt of Revolution was unveiled a monument to Mitrofan Pyatnitsky (1864—1927), Russian Soviet musician, actor and collector of Russian folk songs, the founder and a first artistic director of the Pyatnitsky Choir. Authors of the monument sculptor Pack E., architect Dikunov I. * January 8 — Exhibition of works by Nikolai Galakhov was opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists. * Exhibition of works by Evgenia Antipova was opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists. * Exhibition of works by Vladimir Ovchinnikov (painter), Vladimir ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mitrofan Pyatnitsky
Mitrofan (Mitrophan) Yefimovich Pyatnitsky (russian: Митрофан Ефимович Пятницкий; – 21 January 1927) was a Russian and Soviet musician, gatherer of Russian folk song Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be c ...s. He established the famous Pyatnitsky Choir in 1910 from 18 peasants originally from the Voronezh, Ryazan and Smolensk gubernias. After his death, the chorus was named after him. 1864 births 1927 deaths Russian musicians {{russia-musician-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1927 In Art
Events from the year 1927 in art. Events * May – Stanley Spencer moves to Burghclere (England) to work on the Sandham Memorial Chapel. * May 16 – A pair of oval rooms built at the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris as a permanent home for eight of Monet's water lily paintings is opened by the Government of France. * June 28 – Unveiling of "The Building of Britain" series of historical paintings by various artists in St Stephen's Hall of the Palace of Westminster in London. Charles Sims' ''King John confronted by his Barons assembled in force at Runnymede gives unwilling consent to Magna Carta, the foundation of justice and individual freedom in England, 1215'' attracts criticism from the press, Members of Parliament and other artists for its idiosyncrasy. * July 24 – Unveiling of Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing at Ypres, Belgium, designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield. * September 29 – Unveiling of 107th Infantry Memorial in Central Park, New York City, designed by Karl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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People's Artist Of The USSR
People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significance The term is confusingly used to translate two Russian language titles: Народный артист СССР (fem. Народная артистка СССР), awarded in performing arts and Народный художник СССР, granted in some visual arts. Each Soviet Republic, as well as the Autonomous Republics (ASSRs), had a similar award held previously by virtually every receiver of the higher title of People's Artist of the USSR. As this title was granted by the government, honorees were afforded certain privileges and would often receive commissions from the Minister of Culture of the Soviet Union. Accordingly, artists and authors who expressed criticism of the Communist Party were seldom granted such recognition, if ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Evsey Moiseenko
Yevsey Yevseyevich Moiseyenko (russian: Евсе́й Евсе́евич Моисе́енко; – 29 November 1988) was a Soviet Russian painter. He was a People's Artist of the USSR (1970), full member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (1973), and Hero of Socialist Labor (1986). Biography Since 1936 Moiseenko lived in Leningrad. He was trained at the Academy of Arts under Alexander Osmerkin and taught at the Academy from 1947, becoming a professor in 1957. Moiseyenko developed the theme of romantic heroism, which can be seen his paintings such as ''The Reds came'', 1961; ''Comrades'', 1964; ''Sweet Cherries'', 1969; all of which are exhibited in the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg. In 1974, Moiseyenko was awarded the Lenin Prize. The poetry of the village and city landscapes is demonstrated in ''Tulsky Lane, Leningrad'', 1963, (in the State Russian Museum), while ''Boys'', painted in 1974 and exhibited in the State Tretyakov Gallery, captures the romanticism of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1903 In Art
Events from the year 1903 in art. Events * June 3 – Laura Johnson marries Harold Knight. * Isadora Duncan develops free dance, a dance technique influenced by the ancient Greeks and the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. * With the support of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Jacques Villon, Auguste Rodin and others, the first Salon d'Automne opens in Paris as a reaction to the conservatism of the Paris Salon. * Koloman Moser and Josef Hoffmann found the Wiener Werkstätte in Vienna. * Frederic Dorr Steele produces his first illustrations for Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories in the United States, for ''Collier's Weekly''. * Bernard Berenson publishes ''The Drawings of the Florentine Painters''. * Anna Muthesius publishes ''Das Eigenkleid der Frau''. Works * Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema – ''Silver Favourites'' * Cassius Marcellus Coolidge – 16 paintings in ''Dogs Playing Poker'' series * Pompeo Coppini – Confederate Soldiers monument, Texas State Capitol * Evelyn De Morgan – ''Th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vladimir Gorb
Vladimir Alexandrovich Gorb (russian: Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Го́рб; December 31, 1903 – October 20, 1988) was a Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist, and art teacher. He lived and worked in Leningrad as professor of the Repin Institute of Arts, was awarded the title of Honored Art Worker of Russian Federation, and was member of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation. He is regarded as a representative of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his portrait paintings and Art teaching. Biography Vladimir Gorb was born December 31, 1903, in the city Odessa, Russian Empire. In 1920, Gorb enters the Odessa Art Institute, studied of K. Kostandi, P. Volokidin, T. Frayerman, M. Zamechek. In 1926, after graduation, Gorb came to Leningrad and entered the Leningrad Vhutein (Higher Art and Technical Institute, the name carried from 1922 to 1930). Studied under Alexander Savinov, Arcady Rylov, Alexander Karev, Kuz ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1910 In Art
Events from the year 1910 in art. Events * April 27 – Futurist poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti issues the manifesto ''Contro Venezia passatista'' ("Against Past-loving Venice") in the Piazza San Marco. * Robert Delaunay marries Sonia Terk. * Bronze sculptor Robert Kionsek joins the Berlin workshop of Ferdinand Preiss to form the PK firm; the two men combine their specialties to produce sculptures in bronze and ivory. * Czechs, Czech art historian Antonin Matějček uses the term ''Expressionism'', in opposition to impressionism. * Russian composer Alexander Scriabin writes ''Prometheus: The Poem of Fire'', Op. 60, a symphonic work for piano, orchestra, optional choir, and ''clavier à lumières'' or "Chromola" (a color organ invented by Preston Millar). * A replica of Michelangelo's statue of ''David (Michelangelo), David'' is installed on the Piazza della Signoria in Florence (where the original stood from 1504 to 1873). Exhibitions *March 18 – May 1 – Société des Artiste ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Boris Utekhin
Boris may refer to: People * Boris (given name), a male given name *:''See'': List of people with given name Boris * Boris (surname) * Boris I of Bulgaria (died 907), the first Christian ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire, canonized after his death * Boris II of Bulgaria (c. 931–977), ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire * Boris III of Bulgaria (1894–1943), ruler of the Kingdom of Bulgaria in the first half of the 20th century * Boris, Prince of Tarnovo (born 1997), Spanish-born Bulgarian royal * Boris and Gleb (died 1015), the first saints canonized in Kievan Rus * Boris (singer) Boris (real name : Philippe Dhondt, born on May 19, 1965, in Roubaix Roubaix ( or ; nl, Robaais; vls, Roboais) is a city in northern France, located in the Lille metropolitan area on the Belgian border. It is a historically mono-industrial ... (born 1965), pseudonym of French singer Philippe Dhondt Arts and media * Boris (band), a Japanese experimental rock trio * ''Boris'' (EP), ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1923 In Art
Events from the year 1923 in art. Events * March 20 – The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States show, ''Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso''. * May 8 – Göteborgs Konsthall opens as the art gallery for the Gothenburg Exhibition. * Publication of ''The Art Spirit'' by Robert Henri. * English industrialist and collector Samuel Courtauld acquires the first painting by Paul Cézanne to be purchased for a British collection, '' Still life with Plaster Cupid'' (c.1894). * Chaïm Soutine sells sixty of his paintings from a Paris showing to the American art collector Albert C. Barnes and begins his series of paintings of beef carcasses. * A joint exhibition with his mother, Suzanne Valadon, at the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune in Paris brings the paintings of Maurice Utrillo to prominence. * East London Group forms as an amateur art club in the East End of London. * Freer Gallery of Art opens in Washington, D.C. as the first Smithsonian museum ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Honored Artist Of The RSFSR
Honored Artist of the RSFSR (, ''Zasluzhenny artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchestra conductors, who had outstanding achievements in the arts, and who lived in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR). History From 1919 until the decree from 1931, it was awarded the title "Honored Artist of the Republic". It was assigned by the collegia of the People's Commissariat of Education of the republics, by the order issued by the People's Commissars of Education, by the executive committees of regional councils. From 1931 to May 1992, the title "Honored Artist of the RSFSR" was awarded to artists, directors, composers, instrumentalists, circus and colloquial performers, famous performers of classical, pop and jazz music from the RSFSR and the union republics, as well as dozens of other famous creative figures of Russia in the field of cinema, music and other sph ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1921 In Art
Events from the year 1921 in art. Events * March – Puhl & Wagner are contracted to decorate the interior of the Golden Hall (Stockholm City Hall) with neo-Byzantine mosaics designed by Einar Forseth. * September–October – 5x5=25 abstract art exhibition held in Moscow. * The experimental short documentary film ''Manhatta'' is shot by painter Charles Sheeler and photographer Paul Strand in New York City. * Thomas Gainsborough's c. 1770 portrait ''The Blue Boy'' from the collection of the Duke of Westminster is sold by dealer Joseph Duveen to California magnate Henry E. Huntington for $728,800 (£182,200; equivalent to $ million in ), according to Duveen's bill, a record price for any painting at this time. * Paul Sérusier publishes his ''ABC of Painting''. * André Delatte opens his glasswares studio in Nancy. * Simon Rodia begins construction of the Watts Towers in Los Angeles. Awards * Archibald Prize: W B McInnes – ''Desbrowe Annear'' Works * Carlo Carrà – ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |