The year 1928 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of
Soviet and
Russian Fine Arts.
Events
* January 29 — Exhibition of works by Moscow artistic group «A Being» (russian: «Бытиё») was opened in Moscow in the building of the old Moscow University. Exhibited 226 works of 22 authors.
* March 3 — Exhibition of works by artistic group «Four Arts» (russian: «4 Искусства» was opened in
Russian museum in Leningrad. Exhibited 284 works of 51 authors. The participants were
Meer Akselrod
Meer Moiseevich Akselrod, also Meyer Axelrod (1902–1970) (Russified form of the first name Mark) was a Belarusian Painting, painter best known for his watercolor paintings of Jewish life in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.
Life
Akse ...
,
Lev Bruny,
Alexei Karev
Alexei Eremeevich Karev (1879, Shilovka – 1942, Leningrad) was a Russian people, Russian painter and graphic artist.
Karev studied icon-painting studio under Fyodor Korneyev in Saratov in 1896 and then until 1898 he attended the Alexey Bogolyubo ...
,
Aleksei Kravchenko,
Nikolai Lapshin,
Alexander Matveyev
Alexander Terentyevich Matveev (Russian: Александр Терентьевич Матвеев; 25 August 1878 – 22 October 1960) was one of the leading Russian sculptors of his generation, working in a simple, vigorous, modern classical st ...
,
Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin,
Piotr Utkin, and other important Leningrad artists.
* The VII Exhibition of works by artists of the «Society of
Arkhip Kuindzhi» was opened in March in Leningrad in the apartments of former
Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (since 1932 located
Leningrad Union of Artist). Exhibited 521 works of painting and sculpture of 78 authors. The participants were
Piotr Buchkin,
Arcady Rylov
Arkady Alexandrovich Rylov (russian: Арка́дий Алекса́ндрович Рыло́в; – 22 June 1939) was a Russian and Soviet Symbolist painter.
Biography
Rylov was born in the village of Istobensk, in the Vyatka Governorate ...
,
Ivan Stepashkin, and other important Russian realist artists.
* Exhibition «Modern Leningrad artistic groupments» was opened in Leningrad. Exhibited 164 works of 93 artists from different art groups include «Society of
Arkhip Kuindzhi», «Four Arts», Leningrad branch of
AKhRR,
Pavel Filonov
Pavel Nikolayevich Filonov ( rus, Па́вел Никола́евич Фило́нов, p=ˈpavʲɪl nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ fʲɪˈlonəf, a=Pavyel Nikolayevich Filonov.ru.vorb.oga; January 8, 1883 – December 3, 1941) was a Russian avant-gar ...
group, and others. The participants were
Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin,
Alexei Pakhomov
Alexei Fedorovich Pakhomov ( – 14 April 1973) was a Russian avant-garde painter. He is widely renowned as a master of lithography. Early in his career, he was a successful illustrator for children's books. His work during World War II earned ...
,
Vecheslav Pakulin,
Alexander Samokhvalov, and other important Leningrad artists.
[''Каталог. Общество им. А. И. Куинджи, АХРР, «Круг», «4 искусства». Школа Филонова. Выставка картин и скульптуры. Современные ленинградские художественные группировки.'' Л., Ленинградский областной Совет профессиональных союзов Дома культуры, 1928—1929.]
Deaths
* February 19 —
Vasily Belajev (russian: Беляев Василий Васильевич), Russian painter, monumental artist, and art educator (born
1867
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The Covington–Cincinnati Suspension Bridge opens between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, in the United States, becoming the longest single-span bridge in the world. It was renamed a ...
).
* November 5 —
Victor Zarubin (russian: Зарубин Виктор Иванович), Russian artist (born
1866
Events January–March
* January 1
** Fisk University, a historically black university, is established in Nashville, Tennessee.
** The last issue of the abolitionist magazine '' The Liberator'' is published.
* January 6 – Ottoman tr ...
).
See also
*
List of Russian artists
This is a list of Russians artists. In this context, the term "Russian" covers the Russian Federation, Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Tsardom of Russia and Grand Duchy of Moscow, including ethnic Russians and people of other ethnicities living in Ru ...
*
List of painters of Leningrad Union of Artists
Union of Artists of Saint Petersburg (russian: Санкт-Петербургский Союз художников) was established on August 2, 1932, as a creative union of the Leningrad artists and arts critics. Prior to 1959, it was called " Len ...
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Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
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Russian culture
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1928 in the Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1928 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Incumbents
* General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin
* Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Co ...
References
Sources
* ''Каталог 6-й выставки картин Общества художников «Бытие».'' М., 1-й МГУ, 1928.
* ''Каталог выставки картин Общества им. А. И. Куинджи в залах Общества поощрения художеств''. Л., 1928.
* ''Круг. 2-я выставка.'' Л., Русский музей, 1928.
* ''Каталог выставки Общества художников «4 искусства».'' Л., Государственный Русский музей, 1928.
* ''Каталог VII выставки картин. Общество художников-индивидуалистов.'' Л., 1928.
* ''Каталог VII выставки. Октябрь — ноябрь 1928.'' Л., Община художников, 1928.
* ''Каталог. Общество им. А. И. Куинджи, АХРР, «Круг», «4 искусства». Школа Филонова. Выставка картин и скульптуры. Современные ленинградские художественные группировки.'' Л., Ленинградский областной Совет профессиональных союзов Дома культуры, 1928—1929.
* ''Artists of Peoples of the USSR. Biography Dictionary. Vol. 1.'' Moscow, Iskusstvo, 1970.
* ''Artists of Peoples of the USSR. Biography Dictionary. Vol. 2.'' Moscow, Iskusstvo, 1972.
* ''Directory of Members of Union of Artists of USSR. Volume 1,2.'' Moscow, Soviet Artist Edition, 1979.
* ''Directory of Members of the Leningrad branch of the Union of Artists of Russian Federation.'' Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1980.
* ''Artists of Peoples of the USSR. Biography Dictionary. Vol. 4 Book 1''. Moscow, Iskusstvo, 1983.
* ''Directory of Members of the Leningrad branch of the Union of Artists of Russian Federation.'' - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1987.
* ''Персональные и групповые выставки советских художников. 1917-1947 гг.'' М., Советский художник, 1989.
* ''Artists of peoples of the USSR. Biography Dictionary. Vol. 4 Book 2''. - Saint Petersburg: Academic project humanitarian agency, 1995.
* ''Link of Times: 1932 - 1997. Artists - Members of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists of Russia. Exhibition catalogue''. - Saint Petersburg: Manezh Central Exhibition Hall, 1997.
* ''Matthew C. Bown. Dictionary of 20th Century Russian and Soviet Painters 1900-1980s''. - London: Izomar, 1998.
* ''Vern G. Swanson. Soviet Impressionism.'' - Woodbridge, England: Antique Collectors' Club, 2001.
* ''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.'' - Saint-Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. - , .
* ''Anniversary Directory graduates of Saint Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, Russian Academy of Arts. 1915 - 2005.'' - Saint Petersburg: Pervotsvet Publishing House, 2007.
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