Saint Petersburg Union of Artists

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House of the Union of Artists on Bolshaya Morskaya in 1912, when it housed the Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts

Union of Artists of Saint Petersburg (

Leningrad artists and arts critics. Prior to 1959, it was called "Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists
". From 1959 (when it joined the Union of Artists of the RSFSR), it was called as Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation. After the renaming of the city in 1991, it became known as the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists.

Members

Members of Union of Artists of Saint Petersburg in different years were

Structure

Union of Artists of Saint Petersburg comprises 11 creative sections. There are sections: painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, arts and crafts, theater and cinema, monumental art, poster, critics and art history, photography, restoration. As of January 1, 2010, the Union included 3,500 members.

Chairmen

Saint Petersburg Union has consistently led by the following artists:

See also

Gallery

Sources

References

  1. ^ Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.- Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. - p.12.
  2. ^ Directory of Members of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation.- Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1987.