The ''Autumn Exhibition'' (Leningrad, 1958) (in full the ''Autumn Fine Art Exhibition of Leningrad Artists'' (Leningrad, 1958), ) was one of the largest Soviet art exhibitions of 1958 and of the whole of the early

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. The exhibition took place in the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists Exhibition Halls at Bolshaya Morskaya st. 38.

History and organization

The ''Autumn Exhibition'' lasted from October to November 1958. Its organization and preparation was carried out by a specially formed exhibition committee of authoritative art experts. An exhibition catalog was published. The exhibition displayed almost 1,600 works by painters, sculptors, graphic artists, theater and cinema artists, and masters of arts and crafts. It was attended by 510 Leningrad artists.

Contributing artists

In the Department of Painting, the exhibition's largest section, the works of 232 artists were displayed. The artists were Taisia Afonina, Irina Baldina, Leonid Baykov, Evgenia Baykova, Vsevolod Bazhenov, Piotr Belousov, Yuri Belov, Zlata Bizova,

Nikolai Brandt Nikolai Nikolaevich Brandt (; December 26, 1917 – March 20, 1975) was a Soviet Russian painter and stage decorator. He lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists and is regarded as a representative of ...

, Sergei Frolov, Nikolai Galakhov, Elena Gorokhova,

Abram Grushko Abram Borisovich Grushko (; 6 June 1918 – 15 March 1980) was a Soviet painter and art teacher that lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation and was one of the representat ...

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 ...

Maria Kleschar-Samokhvalova Maria Alexeevna Kleschar-Samohvalova (; August 4, 1915 – July 21, 2000) was a Soviet Russian painter and graphic artist and a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (known as the Leningrad Union of Artists prior to 1992), who lived a ...

Marina Kozlovskaya Marina Andreevna Kozlovskaya (; 7 April 1925 – 2019) was a Soviet and Russian painter who lived and worked in Leningrad – Saint Petersburg, regarded as one of the leading representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for ...

, Tatiana Kopnina, Boris Korneev, Alexander Koroviakov,

Elena Kostenko Elena Mikhailovna Kostenko (; 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 Artists (before 1992 the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of R ...

, Nikolai Kostrov, Anna Kostrova,

Gevork Kotiantz Gevork Vartanovich Kotiantz (; ; 12 November 1909 – 28 August 1996) was a Soviet Armenian painter, who lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting. Biography He was born on 12 Nove ...

, Yaroslav Krestovsky,

Valeria Larina Valeria Borisovna Larina (; April 10, 1926 – February 25, 2008) was a Russian Soviet realist painter and graphic artist who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg (formerly Leningrad). She was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists ...

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 ...

, Piotr Litvinsky,

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, Anatoli Nenartovich, Yuri Neprintsev, Dmitry Oboznenko, Sergei Osipov, Vladimir Ovchinnikov,

Genrikh Pavlovsky Genrikh Vasilievich Pavlovsky () (October 15, 1907 – December 17, 1973) was a Russian and Soviet painter and art educator, who lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, who played an important role in the fo ...

, Varlen Pen,

Nikolai Pozdneev Nikolai Matveevich Pozdneev (; 28 September 1930 – 10 June 1978) was a Soviet Russian painter, living and working in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, representative of the Leningrad School of Painting, most known for h ...

, Stepan Privedentsev, Alexander Pushnin, Maria Rudnitskaya, Galina Rumiantseva,

Lev Russov Lev Alexandrovich Russov (; 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 branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation, Leningrad ...

, 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, Yuri Shablikin, Boris Shamanov, Alexander Shmidt, Nadezhda Shteinmiller, Elena Skuin, Alexander Sokolov, Nikolai Timkov, Yuri Tulin, Ivan Varichev, Anatoli Vasiliev, Piotr Vasiliev, Igor Veselkin, Vecheslav Zagonek, and other prominent painters of the Leningrad School. In the Department of Sculptures the works of 57 sculptors were exhibited, while in the Department of Graphics the creations of 104 artists were displayed.

Contributed artworks

Many of the artworks were specifically created in 1958 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. * Portraits: these included ''Portrait of the composer Reinhold Gliere'' by Mikhail Anikushin, ''Portrait of a young doctor'' by

, ''A Boy'' by Evsey Moiseenko, and ''Natasha'' by

. * Genre painting: this included ''Night grazing horses'' by

, ''Girlfriends'' by Elena Gorokhova, and ''Laying of heating plants'' by Anatoli Nenartovich. * Landscape and Cityscape: this included ''Near Rezan'' by Taisia Afonina, ''Autumn on the Volga River'' and ''Northern village'' by Nikolai Galakhov, and ''Drops'' by Vecheslav Zagonek. * Still life paintings: these included ''A Rowan'' by Evgenia Baykova, ''Still life'' by Tatiana Kopnina, and ''Peonies'' by Elena Skuin.

Coverage

The exhibition 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.391.

References

Sources

* ''Ковтун Е. Заметки о художественной выставке'' // Вечерний Ленинград, 1958, 29 ноября. * ''Шумова М. Не уступать завоёванных рубежей. Осенняя выставка работ ленинградских художников'' // Ленинградская правда, 1958, 2 декабря. * ''Осенняя выставка произведений ленинградских художников 1958 года. Каталог''. Л., Художник РСФСР, 1959. * ''Выставки советского изобразительного искусства. Справочник. Т.5. 1954—1958 годы.'' М., Советский художник, 1981. C.385-387. * ''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. Том 1,2.'' М., Советский художник, 1979. * ''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.''- Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. P.391. , * ''Юбилейный Справочник выпускников Санкт-Петербургского академического института живописи, скульптуры и архитектуры имени И. Е. Репина Российской Академии художеств. 1915—2005.'' СПб., Первоцвет, 2007.

External links

''List of Artists - Exhibitors (Autumn Fine Art Exhibition, Leningrad, 1956)''
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