Anniversary Art Exhibition (Leningrad, 1957)

The ''Anniversary Art Exhibition (Leningrad, 1957)'' (in full the ''Anniversary Art Exhibition of the Leningrad Artists, 1957 – '' russian: Выставка произведений ленинградских художников 1957 года), dedicated to the 40th Anniversary of the October Revolution (russian: italic=yes, 1917–1957. Выставка произведений ленинградских художников 1957 года), was one of the most significant events of Soviet art history in the 1950s and in the whole of early Khrushchev Thaw. The exhibition took place in the State Russian Museum.

History and Organization

The ''Anniversary Art Exhibition'' was opened on 3 October 1957. Its organization and preparation was carried out by a specially formed exhibition committee of 39 authoritative art experts. An exhibition catalog was published. The exhibition displayed 1,750 works by painters, sculptors, graphics, masters of arts and crafts, and theater and cinema artists. It was attended by 600 Leningrad artists.

Contributing Artists

In the Department of Painting, the exhibition's largest section, the works of 269 artists were displayed. The artists were Mikhail Anikushin, Evgenia Antipova, Vsevolod Bazhenov, Irina Baldina, Nikolai Baskakov, Leonid Baykov, Piotr Belousov, Olga Bogaevskaya, Lev Bogomolets, Nikolai Brandt, Piotr Buchkin, Zlata Bizova, Vladimir Chekalov, Sergei Frolov, Nikolai Galakhov, Abram Grushko, Alexei Eriomin, Mikhail Kaneev, Engels Kozlov, Tatiana Kopnina, Maya Kopitseva, Boris Korneev, Alexander Koroviakov, Nikolai Kostrov, Anna Kostrova, Gevork Kotiantz, Yaroslav Krestovsky, Boris Lavrenko, Ivan Lavsky, Anatoli Levitin, Oleg Lomakin, Dmitry Maevsky, Gavriil Malish, Alexei Mozhaev, Evsey Moiseenko, Nikolai Mukho, Mikhail Natarevich, Samuil Nevelshtein, Dmitry Oboznenko, Lev Orekhov, Sergei Osipov, Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Filaret Pakun, Genrikh Pavlovsky, Varlen Pen, Nikolai Pozdneev, Stepan Privedentsev, Alexander Pushnin, Lev Russov, Galina Rumiantseva, Ivan Savenko, Gleb Savinov, Alexander Samokhvalov, Arseny Semionov, Alexander Semionov, Boris Shamanov, Alexander Shmidt, Nadezhda Shteinmiller, Galina Smirnova, Ivan Sorokin, Victor Teterin, Mikhail Tkachev, Leonid Tkachenko, Yuri Tulin, Ivan Varichev, Nina Veselova, Rostislav Vovkushevsky, Anatoli Vasiliev, Lazar Yazgur, Vecheslav Zagonek, Ruben Zakharian, Sergei Zakharov, Maria Zubreeva, and other prominent painters of the Leningrad School.

In the Department of Sculpture the works of 113 sculptors were exhibited, while in the Department of Graphics the creations of 117 artists were displayed.

Contributed Artworks

Many of the artworks were specifically created in 1957 for the exhibition, and some earlier works were also displayed. All of the pieces were exhibited in the first time. Some of them were subsequently shown in the collections of other Soviet art museums, as well as in domestic and foreign galleries and collections.

Historical genre: this included ''Lenin in Gorki'' by Nikolai Baskakov, ''Attempt on Lenin'' by Piotr Belousov, ''Donbass, 1942'' by Anatoli Levitin, ''First Cavalry Army'' by Evsey Moiseenko, ''1918'' by Mikhail Natarevich, ''Mikhailo Lomonosov in Moscow. 1731'' by Anatoli Vasiliev, ''Proclamation of Soviet Rule'' by Alexander Samokhvalov, ''An Attempt on Lenin's life'' by Piotr Belousov, ''Lena, 1912'' by Yuri Tulin, and ''A Troubled Youth'' by Leonid Fokin.

Portraits: these included ''Egyptian'' by Mikhail Anikushin, ''Lithuanian Fisherman'' by Engels Kozlov, ''Portrait of the Best Milkmaid, E. Rusova'' by Nina Veselova, ''Portrait of Mother'' by Gevork Kotiantz, ''Olya'' by Samuil Nevelshtein, ''Portrait of the Conductor E. A. Mravinsky'' by Lev Russov, ''Portrait of S. V. Obraztsov'' by Solomon Epshtein, ''A Boy, Sketch'' by Mikhail Tkachev, ''University Embankment'' by Gleb Savinov , ''A. Chekhov'' by Lia Ostrova, and ''Portrait of Artist V. F. Zogonek'' by Boris Korneev.

Genre painting: this included ''On the Neva River'' by Leonid Baykov, ''A Hot Day'' by Olga Bogaevskaya, ''A Waiting'' by Maya Kopitseva, ''A. M. Gorky and F. I. Shaliapin'' by Piotr Buchkin, ''Waiting'' by Maya Kopitseva, ''At the Rest, In Bulgaria'' Vladimir Chekalov, ''Before the May Day'' Victor Teterin, ''On the Bridge'' by Mikhail Natarevich, ''A Warm Day'' by Anatoli Levitin, ''Awakening'' by Andrei Mylnikov, ''At the Toy Shop'' Lev Orekhov, and ''To the Village'' by Boris Lavrenko.

Landscape and cityscape: this included ''Industrial Lights'' by Vsevolod Bazhenov, ''The coast of the Barents Sea'' by Lev Bogomolets, ''Ancient City of Novgorod'' by Rostislav Vovkushevsky, ''On the Volga River'' by Nikolai Galakhov, ''After the Rain'' by Sergei Osipov, '' A Waterfall with a View to See'' by Arseny Semionov, ''Boats'', and ''At Onega'' by Nikolai Pozdneev, ''A Night'' by Vladimir Ovchinnikov, ''City Landscape'' by Ruben Zakharian, ''A New School'' by Maevsky Dmitry, ''Crops are Mowed'' by Gavriil Malish, ''A Winter Night, Krjukov Channel'' by Yaroslav Krestovsky, and ''Winter in Leningrad'' by Vera Ljubimova.

Still life paintings: these included ''Still Life'' by Evgenia Antipova, ''Bellflowers'' and ''Lilac'' by Irina Baldina, ''Peaches and Pears'' by Victor Teterin, ''Irises, Still Life'' by Sergei Zakharov, ''Mushrooms'' by Maria Davidson, ''Primula'' by Gleb Verner, and a series of still lifes by Gevork Kotiantz.

Coverage

The exhibition was widely covered in the press and in literature on Soviet fine art.''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.''- Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. P.391.

See also

* Fine Art of Leningrad
* Leningrad School of Painting
* 1956 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
* Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
* Socialist realism

References

Sources

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* ''Юбилейный Справочник выпускников Санкт-Петербургского академического института живописи, скульптуры и архитектуры имени И. Е. Репина Российской Академии художеств. 1915—2005.'' Санкт Петербург, «Первоцвет», 2007.

External links

''List of Artists - Exhibitors (Anniversary Art Exhibition, Leningrad, 1957)''

{{Years in the history of fine art of the USSR

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