1926 in fine arts of the Soviet Union

See also: 1926 in art

Monument to Lenin
Artist	S. Evseev, V. Shchuko V. Gelfreykh
Year	1926
Location	In front of Finland Station, Leningrad

The year 1926 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian fine arts.

Events

• Association of artists Circle of Artists is founded in Leningrad. Alexander Samokhvalov, Vacheslav Pakulin, Alexei Pakhomov, Vladimir Malagis, Alexander Rusakov, Alexander Vedernikov and others belong to the circle.^[1]
• March 21 — Traditional exhibition of works by artists of the «Society of Arkhip Kuindzhi» was opened in Leningrad in the Academy of Arts. Exhibited 592 works of painting and sculpture of 65 authors. The participants were Mikhail Avilov, Efim Cheptsov, Alfred Eberling, Mikhail Platunov, Alexander Vakhrameev, Arcady Rylov, and other important Russian realist artists.^[2]
• April — The second Exhibition of the art association «The Four Arts» was opened in Moscow in the State Historical Museum. Exhibited 423 works of painting and sculpture of 72 authors. The participants were Lev Bruni, Aleksei Kravchenko, Pavel Kuznetsov, Kazimir Malevich, Nina Niss-Goldman, Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Martiros Saryan, Vladimir Favorsky and other important Russian artists.^[3]
• May 3 — The VII Exhibition of AKhRR named «Life of the Peoples of the USSR» was opened in Moscow. Exhibited 1832 works of 294 authors. The participants were Mikhail Avilov, Abram Arkhipov, Isaak Brodsky, Aleksandr Gerasimov, Mitrofan Grekov, Nikolai Dormidontov, Efim Cheptsov, Alfred Eberling, Boris Ioganson, Alexander Lubimov, Arcady Rylov, Alexander Vakhrameev, and other important Russian artists.^[4]
• November 7 — A first monument to Vladimir Lenin was unveiled in Leningrad in front of Finland Station. Author of the monument sculptor S. Evseev and architects V. Shchuko and V. Gelfreykh.

Births

• January 31 — Lev Russov (Russian: Русов Лев Александрович), Russian soviet painter, sculptor, and graphic artist (d. 1987).
• March 24 — Engels Kozlov (Russian: Козлов Энгельс Васильевич), Russian soviet painter, People's Artist of the RSFSR (d.2007).
• April 10 — Valeria Larina (Russian: Валерия Борисовна Ларина), Russian soviet painter realist painter and graphic artist (d. 2008).
• August 9 — Elena Kostenko (Russian: Елена Михайловна Костенко, Russian soviet painter (d. 2019).

Deaths

• March 16 — Alexander Vakhrameev (Russian: Вахрамеев Александр Иванович), Russian painter and art educator (b. 1874).
• June 23 — Viktor Vasnetsov (Russian: Виктор Михайлович Васнецов), Russian painter (b.1848).
• July 7 — Fyodor Schechtel, (Russian: Шехтель Фёдор Осипович), Russian architect, graphic artist, and stage designer (b. 1859).
• October 22 — Ivan Velts (Russian: Вельц Иван Августович), Russian painter (b.1866).

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  Viktor Vasnetsov
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  Fyodor Schechtel

See also

• List of Russian artists
• List of painters of Leningrad Union of Artists
• Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
• Russian culture
• 1926 in the Soviet Union

References

1. Sergei V. Ivanov. The Leningrad School of Painting. Essays on the History. St Petersburg, ARKA Gallery Publishing, 2019. P.399.
2. Каталог выставки картин Общества им. А. И. Куинджи в залах Академии художеств. Изд 2-е. Л., 1926.
3. Каталог выставки живописи графики скульптуры архитектуры о-ва художников "4 ИСКУССТВА" Издание художественного отдела Главнауки. Москва-1926. Исторический Музей. 1000 экз.
4. VIII выставка картин и скульптуры АХРР «Жизнь и быт народов СССР». Справочник-каталог с иллюстрациями. М., АХРР, 1926.

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