Retrospective Exhibition "Painting of 1940–1990s. The Leningrad School" (Russian: ''Живопись 1940-1990 годов. Ленинградская школа (выставка, 1996)'') became one of the most notable event in the Saint Petersburg exhibition live of 1996. The Exhibition took place in Saint Petersburg in the Memorial Museum of Nikolai A. Nekrasov.

History and Organization

Exhibition was opened on March 2, and worked up to 3 April, 1997. Catalog was published.

Contributing Artists

There were exhibited 93 art works of 50 painters of the Leningrad School:

Taisia Afonina Taisia Kirillovna Afonina (russian: Таи́сия Кири́лловна Афо́нина; 13 May 1913 – 19 April 1994) was a Ukrainian and Russian painter and watercolorist. She lived and worked in Leningrad, was a member of the Saint ...

Piotr Alberti Piotr Filipovich Alberti (russian: Пéтр Фили́ппович Альбе́рти; November 25, 1913 – October 7, 1994) was a Soviet, Russian painter, lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad scho ...

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 ...

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 ...

Yuri Belov Yuri Vladimirovich Belov (russian: Ю́рий Влади́мирович Бело́в; May 27, 1929 – July 23, 2017) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg (former Leningrad). He was a member of the Sain ...

Veniamin Borisov Veniamin Ivanovich Borisov (russian: Вениами́н Ива́нович Бори́сов; 16 April 1935, in Susanino, Kostroma Oblast, Russian SFSR – 6 October 2014, in Saint Petersburg) was a Soviet Russian painter, a member of the Saint P ...

Vladimir Chekalov Vladimir Fedorovich Chekalov (russian: Влади́мир Фё́дорович Чека́лов; July 6, 1922 – June 4, 1992) was a Russian Soviet realist painter and art teacher, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the L ...

Evgeny Chuprun Evgeny Romanovich Chuprun (russian: Евге́ний Рома́нович Чупру́н; June 3, 1927 – January 7, 2005) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad branch of Union ...

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 ...

Tatiana Gorb Tatiana Vladimirovna Gorb (russian: Татья́на Влади́мировна Го́рб; April 27, 1935 – 2013) is a Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist, art teacher, and illustrator, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg (formerly Len ...

Abram Grushko Abram Borisovich Grushko (russian: Абра́м Бори́сович Грушко́; 6 June 1918 – 15 March 1980) was a Soviet painter and art teacher that lived and worked in Leningrad, was a member of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artist ...

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 ...

Marina Kozlovskaya Marina Andreevna Kozlovskaya (russian: Мари́на Андре́евна Козло́вская; 7 April 1925 – 2019) was a Soviet and Russian painter who lived and worked in Leningrad – Saint Petersburg, regarded as one of the leading rep ...

, Boris Korneev,

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 ...

Mikhail Kozell Mikhail Georgievich Kozell (russian: Михаи́л Гео́ргиевич Ко́зелл; October 20, 1911 – July 26, 1993) was a Soviet Russian painter and Art teacher, who lived and worked in Leningrad (now Saint-Petersburg), and who ...

Vladimir Krantz Vladimir Pavlovich Krantz (russian: Влади́мир Па́влович Кра́нц; February 17, 1913 in Mozdok, North Caucasus, Russian Empire – July 20, 2003 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Soviet Russian painter, lived and worked in ...

Ivan Lavsky Ivan Ivanovich Lavsky (russian: link=no, Ива́н Ива́нович Ла́вский; uk, Іва́н Іва́нович Ла́вський August 23, 1919, city of Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine Soviet Republic – October 10, 1977, Leningrad, US ...

Boris Lavrenko Boris Mikhailovich Lavrenko (russian: Бори́с Миха́йлович Лавре́нко; 6 May 1920 – 7 June 2001) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, professor of the Leningrad Institute of Pa ...

Piotr Litvinsky Piotr Petrovich Litvinsky (russian: Пё́тр Петро́вич Литви́нский; November 7, 1927, Leningrad, USSR, – July 8, 2009, Moscow, Russian Federation) was a Russian Soviet realist painter and art teacher, Honored Artist o ...

Vladimir Malevsky Vladimir Evgenievich Malevsky (russian: Владимир Евгеньевич Малевский; November 1, 1925, Leningrad, USSR - October 17, 1981, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet Russian painter and graphic artist, a member of the Leningrad ...

Valentina Monakhova Valentina Vasilievna Monakhova (russian: Валенти́на Васи́льевна Мона́хова; born August 23, 1932, in Leningrad, USSR) is a Soviet Russian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, and art teacher, living and working in ...

Mikhail Natarevich Mikhail Davidovich Natarevich (russian: link=no, Михаи́л Дави́дович Натаре́вич; September 29, 1907 in Vitebsk, Russian Empire – February 23, 1979 in Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet, Russian painter who lived and work ...

Piotr Nazarov Piotr Fedorovich Nazarov (russian: Пё́тр Фё́дорович Наза́ров; 25 December 1921 in Kochki, Novosibirsk Oblast, Soviet Russia – 19 April 1988 in Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet and Russian painter and art teacher, who l ...

Anatoli Nenartovich Anatoli Nenartovich (russian: Анато́лий Ненарто́вич; 10 July 1915 – 1 January 1988) was a Soviet Russian painter, who lived and worked in Leningrad and known as representative of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous ...

Samuil Nevelshtein Samuil Grigorievich Nevelshtein (russian: Самуи́л Григо́рьевич Невельште́йн; March 22, 1903, Herson, Russian Empire – November 16, 1983, Leningrad, USSR) - Soviet, Russian painter, watercolorist, graphic artis ...

, Sergei Osipov, Vladimir Ovchinnikov,

Lev Orekhov Lev Nikolaevich Orekhov (russian: Ле́в Никола́евич Оре́хов; November 8, 1913, city of Tula, Moscow Region of the Russian Empire – November 6, 1992, Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Russian Soviet painter, who lived and ...

Victor Otiev Victor Alexandrovich Otiev (russian: Ви́ктор Алекса́ндрович О́тиев; February 24, 1935, in Vladikavkaz, Northern Osetia, USSR – June 7, 1999, in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) was a Soviet, Russian painter, gr ...

Nikolai Pozdneev Nikolai Matveevich Pozdneev (russian: Никола́й Матве́евич Поздне́ев; 28 September 1930 – 10 June 1978) was a Soviet Russian painter, living and working in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, repr ...

Evgeny Pozdniakov Evgeny Mikhailovich Pozdniakov (russian: Евге́ний Миха́йлович Поздняко́в; July 9, 1923, Petrograd, USSR – 1991, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet, Russian painter, lived and worked in Leningrad, member of the Len ...

Galina Rumiantseva Galina Alexeevna Rumiantseva (russian: Гали́на Алексе́евна Румя́нцева; 23 June 1927, Sestroretsk, Leningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union – 17 September 2004, Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Russian Soviet reali ...

Kapitolina Rumiantseva Kapitolina Alexeevna Rumiantseva (russian: Капитоли́на Алексе́евна Румя́нцева; December 16, 1925 in Leningrad, USSR – August 8, 2002 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) was a Russian Soviet realist painter an ...

Lev Russov Lev Alexandrovich Russov (russian: Ле́в Алекса́ндрович Ру́сов; 31 January 1926 – 20 February 1987) was a Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist, and sculptor, living and working in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad b ...

, Alexander Samokhvalov,

Alexander Semionov Alexander Mikhailovich Semionov (russian: Александр Михайлович Семёнов; 18 February 1922 – 23 June 1984) is a Soviet Russian painter, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists and representative of the Leningrad Scho ...

Nadezhda Shteinmiller Nadezhda Pavlovna Shteinmiller (russian: link=no, Наде́жда Па́вловна Штейнми́ллер; February 16, 1915, Petrograd, Russian Empire – 1991, Leningrad, USSR) was a Russian Soviet Realism (visual arts), realist painter, ...

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 ...

German Tatarinov German Alexeevich Tatarinov (russian: Ге́рман Алексе́евич Тата́ринов; September 26, 1925 – August 3, 2006) – Soviet, Russian painter, Honored Artist of Russian Federation, lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded ...

Nikolai Timkov Nikolai Efimovich Timkov (russian: Тимко́в Никола́й Ефи́мович; August 12, 1912 – December 25, 1993) was a Soviet Russian painter, Honored Artist of Russian Federation, and a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artis ...

Mikhail Tkachev Mikhail Evdokimovich Tkachev (russian: Михаи́л Евдоки́мович Ткачё́в; November 10, 1912 – December 10, 2008) was a Soviet, Russian painter, Honored Artist of Russian Federation, lived and worked in Saint Petersburg, r ...

, Leonid Tkachenko,

Anatoli Vasiliev Anatoli Ilych Vasiliev (russian: Анато́лий Ильи́ч Васи́льев; 18 March 1917 – 4 June 1994) was a Russian and Soviet realist painter, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Art ...

Piotr Vasiliev Piotr Konstantinovich Vasiliev (russian: Пё́тр Константи́нович Васи́льев; January 26, 1909 – June 9, 1989) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad ...

Nina Veselova Nina Leonidovna Veselova (russian: Ни́на Леони́довна Весело́ва; January 6, 1922, Petrograd, Soviet Russia – March 3, 1960, Leningrad, USSR) was a Russian Soviet realist painter and graphic artist, Doctor of art-criticis ...

Rostislav Vovkushevsky Rostislav Ivanovich Vovkushevsky (russian: Ростисла́в Ива́нович Вовкуше́вский; March 22, 1917 – August 14, 2000) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of t ...

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 ...

Ruben Zakharian Ruben Agasievich Zakharian (russian: Рубе́н Ага́сиевич Захарья́н, 14 July 1901 – 25 May 1992) was a Russian painter, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, and regarded a ...

Contributed Artworks

For the Exhibition were selected art works created in 1950-1980s. Some of them were exhibited before, some paintings were shown for the first time. Genre painting was represented by the works of ''"Ica Cream Vender"'' by

, ''"At the Summer Bath house"'' by

, ''"Spring in the City"'' by

, ''"Gas pipeline laying"'' and ''"Asphalt laying works"'' by

, ''"Spring Day"'' by

, ''"Station Baikal. At the pier"'' by

, and some others. Portrait painting was represented by the works of ''"Junior Sergeant"'' by

, ''"Schoolgirl"'' by

, ''"In summer at reading"'' by

, ''"In the Sun"'' by Alexander Samokhvalov, "Old Man" by Leonid Tkachenko, and some others. Landscape and Cityscape painting was represented by the works of ''"Windy Day"'' by

, ''"Winter Tale"'' and ''"Arabian coast"'' by

, ''"Be a full wind"'' and ''"Near Kostroma City"'' by

, ''"On the Volga River"'' and ''"Somewhere in Karelia"'' by

, ''"Autumn Road"'' by

, ''"Izborsk Fortress"'' by Sergei Osipov, ''"Wave. Caspian Sea"'' and ''"Old Ladoga"'' by Vladimir Ovchinnikov, ''"Little street"'' by

, ''"Silhouettes Gurzuf"'' by

, and some others. Still life painting was represented by the works of ''"Roses"'' by

, ''"Still life with Pussy-Willows"'' by

, ''"Still life with yellow material"'' by

, "A Lilac" by

, and some others.

Acknowledgment

Exhibition was widely covered in press and in literature specialized at Soviet fine art.''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.''- Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. P.405, 422.

References

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Acknowledgment

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