Artists' Union of the USSR
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The Artists' Union of the USSR.
The Union was founded started in 1932 to supersede the
It was officially disbanded at its 8th Congress in January 1992 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, with its rights distributed over the corresponding unions in the post-Soviet states.
History
Prior to the Artists' Union of the USSR, there existed the Union of Soviet Artists (Союз советских художников, Soyuz sovetskikh khudozhnikov), which was founded by
Following the resolution "On the Restructuring of Literary and Artistic Organizations" by the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) on 23 April 1932, unions of Soviet artists were established in the Union and autonomous republics, in krais, in oblasts, and in cities to supersede previous organizations.[1]
The first Congress of the Artists' Union of the USSR was convened in February–March 1957.[4]
In Moscow they built the Central House of Artists which was opened in 1979.[5]
Chairmen of the Artists' Union of the USSR
- Konstantin Yuon - (1957–58)
- Sergei Gerasimov- (1958–64)
- Boris Ioganson - (1965–68)
- Yelena Belashova - (1968–71)
- Nikolai Ponomaryov - (1971–88)
- Valeri Sidorov - (1988–1992)
Notes
- ^ The title in accordance with the English edition of the Great Soviet Encyclopedia.[1] Also referred to as the USSR Union of Artists or the Union of Artists of the USSR.
References
- ^ OCLC 59306354. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- ^ "Художественные объединения и творческие союзы России на рубеже XIX-XX вв". Art-Katalog.com (in Russian). Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- ^ "Открытие юбилейной выставки, посвященной 75-летию Пензенского отделения Союза Художников РФ" (in Russian). Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- ISBN 0-87332-296-7.
- ^ "История — Центральный дом художника (ЦДХ)". cha.moscow. Central House of Artists. Retrieved 24 November 2020.