The year 1959 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of

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and

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n Fine Arts.

Events

* Solo Exhibition of works by

Yaroslav Nikolaev Yaroslav Sergeevich Nikolaev (russian: Ярослав Серге́евич Николаев; April 30, 1899, Šiauliai, Russian Empire — July 1, 1978, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet Russian painter, Honored Art worker of Russian Federation (195 ...

was opened in the

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 " Le ...

. * The traveling exhibition of works by

Yuri Neprintsev Yuri Mikhailovich Neprintsev (russian: Ю́рий Миха́йлович Непри́нцев; August 15, 1909 – October 20, 1996) was a Soviet Union, Soviet, later Russians, Russian, painter, graphic artist, art teacher, professor of the Re ...

shown in Leningrad, Moscow, Sverdlovsk, Gorky, Saratov. * In

Kaliningrad Kaliningrad ( ; rus, Калининград, p=kəlʲɪnʲɪnˈɡrat, links=y), until 1946 known as Königsberg (; rus, Кёнигсберг, Kyonigsberg, ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbɛrk; rus, Короле́вец, Korolevets), is the largest city and ...

on the Kalinin square at the railway station is opened a bronze monument to

Mikhail Kalinin Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin (russian: link=no, Михаи́л Ива́нович Кали́нин ; 3 June 1946), known familiarly by Soviet citizens as "Kalinych", was a Soviet politician and Old Bolshevik revolutionary. He served as head of s ...

, sculptor Boris Edunov. * Solo Exhibition of works by

Piotr Belousov Piotr Petrovich Belousov (russian: Пётр Петро́вич Белоу́сов; May 3, 1912 – March 31, 1989) was a Ukrainian and Russian graphic artist, painter, art teacher, professor of the Ilya Repin Leningrad Institute of Painting, S ...

was opened in the City painting gallery in the

Vologda Vologda ( rus, Вологда, p=ˈvoləɡdə) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the river Vologda (river), Vologda within the watershed of the Northern Dvina. ...

. * The traveling exhibition of works by Leningrad artists opened in Murmansk. The participants included

Irina Baldina Irina Mikhailovna Baldina (russian: Ири́на Миха́йловна Ба́лдина; May 18, 1922, Moscow, Soviet Russia – January 15, 2009, Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Soviet Russian painter who lived and worked in Leningrad, was a me ...

Vsevolod Bazhenov Vsevolod Andreevich Bazhenov (russian: Все́волод Андре́евич Баже́нов; February 18, 1909 – August 2, 1986) was a Soviet Union, Soviet, Russians, Russian painter who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the ...

Nikolai Galakhov Nikolai Nikolaevich Galakhov (russian: link=, Никола́й Никола́евич Гала́хов; May 29, 1928 in Kazan, USSR) is a Russian artist. He is an ''Honored Artist of the Russian Federation'', a member of the ''Saint Petersburg ...

Alexei Eriomin Alexei Grigorievich Eriomin (russian: Алексе́й Григо́рьевич Ерё́мин; March 17, 1919 – June 11, 1998) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, who lived and worked in Saint P ...

Mikhail Kaneev Mikhail Alexandrovich Kaneev (russian: Кане́ев Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович; April 5, 1923 in Kostroma Province, USSR – March 6, 1983 in Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet Russian painter and art teacher, lived and worked in L ...

Maya Kopitseva Maya Kuzminichna Kopitseva (russian: Ма́йя Кузьми́нична Копы́тцева; May 18, 1924, in Gagry, Abkhazia, USSR – June 6, 2005, in Saint Petersburg) was a Soviet Russian still-life painter and an Honored Artist of the RSFS ...

Alexander Koroviakov Alexander Petrovich Koroviakov (russian: Алекса́ндр Петро́вич Коровя́ков; November 16, 1912 – June 12, 1993) was a Soviet, Russian painter and art teacher, lived and worked in Leningrad – Saint Petersburg, a mem ...

Gavriil Malish Gavriil Kondratievich Malish (russian: Гаврии́л Кондра́тьевич Ма́лыш; March 25, 1907, in Kitaygorodka, Ekaterinoslav Province, Ukraine, Russian Empire – October 25, 1998, in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) ...

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) ...

Boris Shamanov Boris Ivanovich Shamanov (russian: Бори́с Ива́нович Шама́нов; September 15, 1931 – March 1, 2008) was a Soviet Russian realist painter, graphic artist, and art teacher, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, who ...

Elena Skuin Elena Petrovna Skuin (russian: Еле́на Петро́вна Скуи́нь, lv, Jeļena Skujiņa; April 2, 1908, Ekaterinodar, Russian Empire – 1986, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet, Russian–Latvian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, a ...

Victor Teterin Victor Kuzmich Teterin (russian: Ви́ктор Кузьми́ч Тете́рин; October 25, 1922 in Bakharevo, Tver Province, Soviet Russia – October 1, 1991 in Leningrad, USSR) was a Russian painter, watercolorist, and art teacher, who l ...

Yuri Tulin Yuri Nilovich Tulin (russian: Ю́рий Ни́лович Ту́лин; August 14, 1921 in Maksatikha village, Tver Province, Soviet Russia – April 27, 1988 in Leningrad, USSR) -was a Soviet Russian painter and Honored Artist of the Russian F ...

and

Vecheslav Zagonek Vecheslav Frantsevich Zagonek (russian: Вячесла́в Фра́нцевич Заго́нек; December 19, 1919 – June 24, 1994) was a Soviet, Russian painter, People's Artist of the USSR, Member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, w ...

.''Передвижная выставка произведений ленинградских художников. Каталог.'' Л., Художник РСФСР, 1959.

Deaths

* May 26 — Vasiliy Kuchumov (russian: Кучумов Василий Никитич), Russian soviet painter and graphic artists (born 1888). * November 3 — Fiodor Bogorodskiy (russian: Богородский Фёдор Семёнович), Russian soviet painter and graphic artists, Honored art worker of Russian Federation,

Stalin Prize Stalin Prize may refer to: * The State Stalin Prize in science and engineering and in arts, awarded 1941 to 1954, later known as the USSR State Prize * The Stalin Peace Prize, awarded 1949 to 1955, later known as the Lenin Peace Prize The Int ...

winner (born 1895). * December 29 — Alexei Kokorekin (russian: Кокорекин Алексей Алексеевич), Russian soviet graphic artists, Honored art worker of Russian Federation,

winner (born 1906).

Gallery of 1959

References

Sources

* ''Творчество самодеятельных художников Ленинграда. Каталог''. Л., Художник РСФСР, 1959. * ''Ивенский С. Петр Петрович Белоусов''. Л., Художник РСФСР, 1959. * ''Передвижная выставка произведений ленинградских художников. Каталог.'' Л., Художник РСФСР, 1959. * ''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. * ''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. * ''Время перемен. Искусство 1960—1985 в Советском Союзе.'' СПб., Государственный Русский музей, 2006. * ''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. {{Years in Art of USSR *

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