Soyuz Molodyozhi
 | This article includes a improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (July 2017) ) |
Soyuz Molodyozhi (Union of the Youth, Russian: Союз молодёжи) was an artistic group and an art magazine of Russian avant-garde organized in 1910. There were more than 30 members of the group and most of other Russian avant-garde participated in their exhibitions.
The Chairman of the society was a patron of the arts Levky Zheverzheyev (Левкий Жевержеев). The Manifesto of the group was written by Olga Rozanova. Among notable members of the society were:
In 1913 the group Soyuz Molodyozhi merged with group Giley (on the terms of federation) that included Vladimir Mayakovsky, Velimir Khlebnikov and Elena Guro.
Besides organizing artistic exhibition, the group also organized theatrical performances. The most famous of which was the
The classical period of the group was 1910–1914 years ended with the World War I. In 1917 the group resumed its work organizing the great First Free Exhibit of Artists of All Trends at the Hermitage (1919). In 1921 the group became the Union of the Newest Trends chaired by Vladimir Tatlin.
References
Sources
- Howard, Jeremy (1992). The Union of Youth: an artists' society of the Russian avant-garde. Manchester University Press ND, 1992. ISBN 071903731X.