Tavricheskaya Art School
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Tavricheskaya Art School (Russian: Таври́ческое худо́жественно-педагоги́ческое учи́лище) is a secondary art school in Saint Petersburg (Leningrad). From 1919 to 1961, it was located in a building at Tavricheskaya Street, 35. This was the informal name of the art school. From 1930 to 1950, Tavricheskaya Art School played an important role in the preparation of Leningrad artists and the formation of the Leningrad school of painting. In the 20th century, the Tavricheskaya Art School repeatedly altered its official name and address. Since 1992 the art school, which had been called the Saint Petersburg Art School, was renamed after Nicholas Roerich.
History
The history of the Tavricheskaya Art School dates back to 1839 when the Drawing School for free visit opened in the building of Saint Petersburg Customs. In 1858 the Drawing School transferred to the "
After the 1917
In the years 1930-1950, the director Jan Konstantinovich Shablovsky played a role in consolidating the Tavricheskaya Art School. Graduates from this period included the future artists Alexander Semionov, Lev Russov, Valery Vatenin, Nina Veselova, Piotr Litvinsky, Maria Rudnitskaya, Galina Rumiantseva, Ivan Varichev, Vladimir Galba, Orest Vereysky, Vasily Golubev, Kapitolina Rumiantseva, Yuri Tulin, and others.
In 1943, following the partial lifting of the
In 1961 the Tavricheskaya Art School moved to a mansion at Proletarian Dictatorship street, 5. In 1968 the Supreme Soviet of the USSR awarded the Leningrad Art School the name of Soviet artist and teacher Vladimir Alexandrovich Serov, President of USSR Academy of Arts, who for several years headed the State Qualification Commission.
In 1989 the school relocated to a new building at Grazhdansky Prospekt, 88, and in 1992 became known as the "Nicholas Roerich Saint Petersburg Art School". Training takes place in the departments of painting, sculpture, design, and restoration.
Alumni
- Anatoly Yagudaev (1935 - 2014)
- Evgenia Baykova (1907 - 1998)
- Vasily Golubev (1925 - 1985)
- Engels Kozlov (1926 - 2007)
- Piotr Litvinsky (1927 - 2009)
- Boris Lukoshkov (1922 - 1989)
- Maria Rudnitskaya (1916 - 1983)
- Galina Rumiantseva (1927 - 2004)
- Kapitolina Rumiantseva (1925 - 2002)
- Lev Russov (1926 - 1988)
- Alexander Semionov (1922 - 1984)
- Yuri Tulin (1921 - 1986)
- Ivan Varichev (b. 1924)
- Valery Vatenin (1933 - 1977)
- Nina Veselova (1922 - 1960)
