Exhibition of Leningrad artists of 1970 dedicated to the 25th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany (russian: "Выставка произведений ленинградских художников 1970 года, посвящённая 25-летию Победы над фашистской Германией") was opened in Exhibition Halls of the
''Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists'' and become one of the notable art exhibitions of 1970 in the USSR.
History and organization
For the organization and preparation of the exhibition, an exhibition committee was formed, consisting of authoritative art experts. An exhibition catalog was published. At the whole exhibition, over 220 artists of Leningrad attended.
Contributing artists
In the largest Department of Painting were exhibited art works of 81 authors. There were Vladimir Andreev,
Sergei Babkov,
Nikolai Baskakov,
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 ...
,
Dmitry Belyaev, Alexander Blinkov,
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 ...
,
Dmitry Buchkin
Dmitry Petrovich Buchkin (russian: Дмитрий Петрович Бучкин; July 23, 1927) is a Soviet Russian painter, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 — the Leningrad Union of Artists), who lives and works ...
,
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 ...
,
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 Petersbur ...
, Evgeny Galunov,
Vasily Golubev, Alexander Gulayev, Nina Ivanova,
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 ...
,
Elena Kostenko
Elena Mikhailovna Kostenko (russian: Еле́на Миха́йловна Косте́нко; 9 August 1926 – 26 September 2019) was a Soviet Russian painter, living and working in Saint Petersburg, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Arti ...
, Anna Kostina,
Yaroslav Krestovsky
Yaroslav Igorevich Krestovsky (russian: Яросла́в И́горевич Кресто́вский, February 9, 1925, Leningrad, USSR – 2003, Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Soviet Russian painter, lived and worked in Leningrad - Sai ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
, Efim Latsky, Vladimir Malagis,
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 ...
,
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 ...
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Dmitry Oboznenko
Dmitry Georgievich Oboznenko (russian: Дми́трий Гео́ргиевич Обозне́нко; July 10, 1930, Leningrad, USSR – June 19, 2002, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) was a Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist, Honored Ar ...
,
Ivan Savenko,
Vladimir Seleznev,
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 ...
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Arseny Semionov,
Joseph Serebriany
Jasef Alexandrovich Serebriany (russian: Иосиф Александрович Серебряный) (April 25, 1907, Horodnia, Chernigov Governorate – 1979, Leningrad) was a Soviet Russian painter and stage decorator, who lived and worked ...
,
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 ...
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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 others painters of the
Leningrad School.
In the Department of Sculptures were exhibited art works of 23 sculptors. Department of graphics presented a creation of 83 artists.
Contributed artworks
For exposure have been selected works of painting, sculpture and graphics, applied art created by artists from Leningrad during the Great Patriotic War and the siege of Leningrad, as well as during the postwar decades.
Some of them were subsequently found in the collections of Soviet Art museums, as well as domestic and foreign galleries and collectors.
Acknowledgment
Exhibition of Leningrad artists of 1970 was widely covered in press and in literature on Soviet fine art.
[''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.'' Saint Petersburg, NP-Print Edition, 2007. P.396, 417.]
See also
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Fine Art of Leningrad
The fine art of Leningrad is an important component of Russian Soviet art—in the opinion of the art historians Vladimir Gusev and Vladimir Leniashin, "one of its most powerful currents". This widely used term embraces the creative lives and th ...
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Leningrad School of Painting
The Leningrad School of Painting (russian: Ленинградская школа живописи) is a phenomenon that refers to a large group of painters who developed in Leningrad around the reformed Academy of Arts in 1930–1950 and was uni ...
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1970 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
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Saint Petersburg 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 ...
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Socialist realism
Socialist realism is a style of idealized realistic art that was developed in the Soviet Union and was the official style in that country between 1932 and 1988, as well as in other socialist countries after World War II. Socialist realism is c ...
References
Sources
* ''Выставка произведений ленинградских художников, посвященная 25-летию Победы над фашистской Германией. Каталог.'' Л., Художник РСФСР, 1972.
* ''Справочник членов Ленинградской организации Союза художников РСФСР''. Л., Художник РСФСР, 1980.
* ''Художники народов СССР. Биобиблиографический словарь. Т.1-4''. М., Искусство, 1970–1995.
* ''Справочник членов Союза художников СССР. Т.1-2''. М., Советский художник, 1979.
* ''Хроника узловых событий художественной жизни России 1960-1980-х годов'' // Time for Change. The Art of 1960–1985 in the Soviet Union. Saint Petersburg, State Russian Museum, 2006.
* ''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.'' Saint Petersburg, NP-Print Edition, 2007. P.395, 417, 442. ,
* ''Юбилейный Справочник выпускников Санкт-Петербургского академического института живописи, скульптуры и архитектуры имени И. Е. Репина Российской Академии художеств. 1915—2005.'' Санкт Петербург, «Первоцвет», 2007.
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