Leningrad Secondary Art School
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Leningrad Secondary Art School was established in 1934 as the first art school for gifted children.
art school for gifted children.
Located in the Academy of Arts building in Leningrad
, in 1936 it was transformed in the Secondary Art School. In 1947 the Secondary Art School became a division of the USSR Academy of Arts which in 1973 was named after the noted artist Boris Ioganson
.
Since 1992 it has been the B. Ioganson St. Petersburg State Academy Art Lyceum
comprising three divisions: painting, sculpture and architecture.
Among its first teachers were mostly professors and teachers of the Academy of Arts: Konstantin Lepilov, Leonid Ovsyannikov, Leonid Sholokhov, Vladimir Gorb
, Samuil Nevelshtein
, Alexander Debler, Alexander Zaytsev, and many others. The School boasts its such alumni of international reputation as Mikhail Anikushin
, Alexei Eriomin
, Oleg Lomakin
, Maya Kopitseva
, Nikolai Pozdneev
, Yuri Tulin
, Mikhail Kaneev
, Valentina Monakhova
, Vladimir Chekalov
, Marina Kozlovskaya
, Elena Kostenko
, Nina Veselova
, Evgenia Antipova
, Anatoli Levitin, Vecheslav Zagonek
, and other.
The most gifted children with the four year experience in the primary school are selected to become students of the Lyceum for the free of charge eight-year training. The Diploma of the secondary art education allows its graduates to enroll the higher art educational entities, including I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.
Since 1997, the Lyceum has arranged annual international children’s art competitions named after I. Repin and exhibitions of its most talented students’ works of art.
The teachers’ staff consists mostly of the graduates of the I. Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture thus continuing the traditions of the Russian art school.
History
The Leningrad Secondary Art School was found in 1934 by initiative of Leningrad communist party boss Sergei Kirov as the first in the Soviet UnionSoviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
art school for gifted children.
Located in the Academy of Arts building in Leningrad
Leningrad
Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...
, in 1936 it was transformed in the Secondary Art School. In 1947 the Secondary Art School became a division of the USSR Academy of Arts which in 1973 was named after the noted artist Boris Ioganson
Boris Ioganson
Boris Vladimirovich Ioganson was a Russian painter.Ioganson was born in Moscow. His father's Swedish ancestors russified the surname "Johanson"" into "Ioganson." Ioganson attended the Moscow School of Art and studied under Kasatkin and Malyutin. He was a member of the Society of Young Artists,...
.
Since 1992 it has been the B. Ioganson St. Petersburg State Academy Art Lyceum
comprising three divisions: painting, sculpture and architecture.
Among its first teachers were mostly professors and teachers of the Academy of Arts: Konstantin Lepilov, Leonid Ovsyannikov, Leonid Sholokhov, Vladimir Gorb
Vladimir Gorb
Vladimir Alexandrovich Gorb - Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist, and art teacher, professor of the Repin Institute of Arts, Honored Art Worker of Russian Federation, lived and worked in Leningrad, member of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation, regarded as one of the...
, Samuil Nevelshtein
Samuil Nevelshtein
Samuil Grigorievich Nevelshtein - Soviet, Russian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, and art teacher, lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of the representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most known for his portraits of children and youth.- Biography :Samuil Grigorievich...
, Alexander Debler, Alexander Zaytsev, and many others. The School boasts its such alumni of international reputation as Mikhail Anikushin
Mikhail Anikushin
Mikhail Konstantinovitch Anikushin a famous Soviet Russian sculptor. Among his most famous works are a monument to Alexander Pushkin at Pushkinskaya Station of the Saint Petersburg Metro , a monument to Alexander Pushkin at Arts Square in Saint Petersburg , a monument to Vladimir Lenin at...
, Alexei Eriomin
Alexei Eriomin
Alexei Grigorievich Eriomin - Russian Soviet realist painter, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg...
, Oleg Lomakin
Oleg Lomakin
Oleg Leonidovich Lomakin was a Russian Soviet realist painter, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg . He was regarded as one of the major representatives of the Leningrad school of painting,- Biography :...
, Maya Kopitseva
Maya Kopitseva
Maya Kuzminichna Kopitseva - Soviet Russian painter, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, lived and worked in Leningrad - Saint Petersburg, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists , regarded as one of the major representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for her still life...
, Nikolai Pozdneev
Nikolai Pozdneev
Nikolai Matveevich Pozdneev - Soviet Russian painter, living and working in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, regarded as one of the leading representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his genre and still life paintings.-Biography:Pozdneev Nikolai...
, Yuri Tulin
Yuri Tulin
Yuri Nilovich Tulin - Soviet, Russian painter, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of the brightest representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his portraits and historical paintings.- Biography :Yuri Nilovich Tulin was...
, Mikhail Kaneev
Mikhail Kaneev
Mikhail Alexandrovich Kaneev – Soviet Russian painter and art teacher, lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, regarded as one of the major representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his cityscapes of Leningrad and ancient Russian...
, Valentina Monakhova
Valentina Monakhova
Valentina Vasilievna Monakhova - Soviet Russian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, and art teacher, living and working in Saint Petersburg regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting.- Biography :...
, Vladimir Chekalov
Vladimir Chekalov
Vladimir Fedorovich Chekalov was a Russian Soviet realist painter and art teacher, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, and regarded as representative of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his battle and genre...
, Marina Kozlovskaya
Marina Kozlovskaya
Marina Andreevna Kozlovskaya – a Soviet Russian painter, living and working in Leningrad – Saint Petersburg, regarded as one of the brightest representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for her landscape paintings.- Biography :...
, Elena Kostenko
Elena Kostenko
Elena Mikhailovna Kostenko - Soviet Russian painter, living and working in Saint Petersburg, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists , regarded as one of the major representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for her portrait paintings.- Biography :Elena Mikhailovna...
, Nina Veselova
Nina Veselova
Nina Leonidovna Veselova was a Russian Soviet realist painter and graphic artist, Doctor of art-criticism , who lived and worked in Leningrad, She was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, regarded as one of the brightest representatives of the Leningrad school of painting.- Biography :Nina...
, Evgenia Antipova
Evgenia Antipova
Evgenia Petrovna Antipova was a Russian and Soviet painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, and Art teacher. She lived and worked in Leningrad - Saint Petersburg and is regarded as one of the brightest representatives of the Leningrad school of painting....
, Anatoli Levitin, Vecheslav Zagonek
Vecheslav Zagonek
Vecheslav Frantsevich Zagonek was a Soviet, Russian painter, People's Artist of the USSR, Member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, who lived and worked in Leningrad...
, and other.
The most gifted children with the four year experience in the primary school are selected to become students of the Lyceum for the free of charge eight-year training. The Diploma of the secondary art education allows its graduates to enroll the higher art educational entities, including I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.
Since 1997, the Lyceum has arranged annual international children’s art competitions named after I. Repin and exhibitions of its most talented students’ works of art.
The teachers’ staff consists mostly of the graduates of the I. Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture thus continuing the traditions of the Russian art school.
Alumni
- Mikhail Konstantinovich Anikushin (1917 - 1997)Mikhail AnikushinMikhail Konstantinovitch Anikushin a famous Soviet Russian sculptor. Among his most famous works are a monument to Alexander Pushkin at Pushkinskaya Station of the Saint Petersburg Metro , a monument to Alexander Pushkin at Arts Square in Saint Petersburg , a monument to Vladimir Lenin at...
- Evgenia Petrovna Antipova (1917 - 2009)Evgenia AntipovaEvgenia Petrovna Antipova was a Russian and Soviet painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, and Art teacher. She lived and worked in Leningrad - Saint Petersburg and is regarded as one of the brightest representatives of the Leningrad school of painting....
- Yuri Vladimirovich Belov (b.1929)Yuri BelovYuri Vladimirovich Belov is a Russian Soviet realist painter, who live and work in Saint Petersburg . He is a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists , and regarded by art historian Sergei V...
- Vladimir Fedorovich Chekalov (1922 - 1992)Vladimir ChekalovVladimir Fedorovich Chekalov was a Russian Soviet realist painter and art teacher, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, and regarded as representative of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his battle and genre...
- Abram Borisovich Grushko (1918 - 1980)Abram GrushkoAbram Borisovich Grushko – Soviet Russian painter, art teacher, lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his landscape paintings.- Biography...
- Nikolai Matveevich Pozdneev (1930 - 1978)Nikolai PozdneevNikolai Matveevich Pozdneev - Soviet Russian painter, living and working in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, regarded as one of the leading representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his genre and still life paintings.-Biography:Pozdneev Nikolai...
- Mikhail Alexandrovich Kaneev (1923 - 1983)Mikhail KaneevMikhail Alexandrovich Kaneev – Soviet Russian painter and art teacher, lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, regarded as one of the major representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his cityscapes of Leningrad and ancient Russian...
- Elena Mikhailovna Kostenko (b. 1926)Elena KostenkoElena Mikhailovna Kostenko - Soviet Russian painter, living and working in Saint Petersburg, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists , regarded as one of the major representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for her portrait paintings.- Biography :Elena Mikhailovna...
- Marina Andreevna Kozlovskaya (b. 1925)Marina KozlovskayaMarina Andreevna Kozlovskaya – a Soviet Russian painter, living and working in Leningrad – Saint Petersburg, regarded as one of the brightest representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for her landscape paintings.- Biography :...
- Tatiana Vladimirovna Kopnina (1921 - 2009)Tatiana KopninaTatiana Vladimirovna Kopnina - Soviet Russian painter and Art teacher, lived and worked in Leningrad - Saint Petersburg, regarded as one of the representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for shes portrait paintings.- Biography :...
- Maya Kuzminichna Kopitseva (1924 - 2005)Maya KopitsevaMaya Kuzminichna Kopitseva - Soviet Russian painter, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, lived and worked in Leningrad - Saint Petersburg, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists , regarded as one of the major representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for her still life...
- Valentina Vasilievna Monakhova (b.1932)Valentina MonakhovaValentina Vasilievna Monakhova - Soviet Russian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, and art teacher, living and working in Saint Petersburg regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting.- Biography :...
- Alexander Sergeevich Stolbov (b. 1929)Alexander StolbovAlexander Sergeevich Stolbov is a Soviet Russian painter and art teacher, living and working in Saint Petersburg . He is a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists , regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most known for his...
- Vladimir Stanislavovich Sakson (1927 - 1988)Vladimir SaksonVladimir Stanislavovich Sakson - Soviet, Russian painter, Book illustrator, Scenographer, Stage designer, Art decorator, living and working in Leningrad, member of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation, regarded by art historian Sergei V...
- Yuri Nilovich Tulin (1921 - 1986)Yuri TulinYuri Nilovich Tulin - Soviet, Russian painter, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of the brightest representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his portraits and historical paintings.- Biography :Yuri Nilovich Tulin was...
- Alexander Tikhonovich Pushnin (1921 - 1991)Alexander PushninAlexander Tikhonovich Pushnin - Soviet, Russian painter, Doctor of Art-criticism, professor of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, lived and worked in Leningrad, member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, regarded as one of the representatives of...
- Nina Veselova (1922 - 1960)Nina VeselovaNina Leonidovna Veselova was a Russian Soviet realist painter and graphic artist, Doctor of art-criticism , who lived and worked in Leningrad, She was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, regarded as one of the brightest representatives of the Leningrad school of painting.- Biography :Nina...
- Vecheslav Zagonek (1919 - 1994)Vecheslav ZagonekVecheslav Frantsevich Zagonek was a Soviet, Russian painter, People's Artist of the USSR, Member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, who lived and worked in Leningrad...