The ''Anniversary Art Exhibition (Leningrad, 1957)'' (in full the ''Anniversary Art Exhibition of the Leningrad Artists, 1957 – '' ), dedicated to the 40th Anniversary of the October Revolution (), was one of the most significant events of Soviet art history in the 1950s and in the whole of early

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. 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,

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, 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 Alexei Grigorievich Eriomin (; 17 March 1919 – 11 June 1998) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg (former Leningrad). He was a member of the Saint Peters ...

Mikhail Kaneev Mikhail Alexandrovich Kaneev (; 5 April 1923 – 6 March 1983) was a Soviet Russian painter and art teacher, lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, regarded as a known representative of the Leningrad school o ...

Engels Kozlov Engels Vasilievich Kozlov (; March 24, 1926, – November 20, 2007) was a Soviet Russian painter, People's Artist of Russia, lived and worked in Leningrad – Saint Petersburg, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of p ...

, Tatiana Kopnina,

Maya Kopitseva Maya Kuzminichna Kopitseva (; 18 May 1924 – 6 June 2005) was a Soviet Russian still-life painter and an Honored Artist of the RSFSR who lived and worked in Leningrad - Saint Petersburg. She was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artis ...

, Boris Korneev, Alexander Koroviakov, Nikolai Kostrov, Anna Kostrova,

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, Yaroslav Krestovsky,

Boris Lavrenko Boris Mikhailovich Lavrenko (; 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 Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, wh ...

Ivan Lavsky Ivan Ivanovich Lavsky (; 23 August 1919, city of Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine Soviet Republic – 10 October 1977, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet realist painter and graphic artist, born in Ukraine who after World War II lived and worked in Leningra ...

Anatoli Levitin Anatoli Pavlovich Levitin (; July 16, 1922 – October 11, 2018) was a Soviet Russian painter and art educator, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 — the Leningrad Union o ...

Oleg Lomakin Oleg Leonidovich Lomakin (; 29 August 1924 – 25 March 2010) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg (former Leningrad). He was regarded as one of the major representative ...

Dmitry Maevsky Dmitry Ivanovich Maevsky (; 17 May 1917, in Petrograd, Russian Empire – 23 July 1992, in Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Soviet Russian painter, lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, regarded as one of the ...

, 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 Gleb Alexandrovich Savinov (; September 27, 1915 – November 5, 2000) was a Soviet Union, Soviet, Russians, Russian painter and art teacher, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, Honored Artist of Russian Federation, who lived and worked in Leningr ...

, 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

, ''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

, ''Portrait of the Best Milkmaid, E. Rusova'' by Nina Veselova, ''Portrait of Mother'' by

, ''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

, ''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

, ''A. M. Gorky and F. I. Shaliapin'' by Piotr Buchkin, ''Waiting'' by

, ''At the Rest, In Bulgaria'' Vladimir Chekalov, ''Before the May Day'' Victor Teterin, ''On the Bridge'' by Mikhail Natarevich, ''A Warm Day'' by

, ''Awakening'' by Andrei Mylnikov, ''At the Toy Shop'' Lev Orekhov, and ''To the Village'' by

. 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

, ''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

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.

References

Sources

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External links

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