Spring Exhibition (Leningrad, 1969)
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Spring Exhibition of Leningrad artists of 1969 () opened in the Exhibition Halls of the ''Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists'' to become one of notable Art Exhibition of 1969 in the
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History and Organization

For the organization and preparation of Exhibition was formed Exhibition Committee in consist of authoritative art-experts. Exhibition Catalog was published. At whole Exhibition attended over 170 artists of the Leningrad.


Contributing Artists

In the largest Department of Painting were exhibited art works of 82 authors. There were Vladimir Andreev,
Evgenia Antipova Evgenia Petrovna Antipova (; 19 October 1917 – 27 January 2009) was a Russian painter, graphic artist, and art teacher. She was known for her genre compositions, portraits, landscapes, and still life paintings, which she created using oils ...
, Zaven Arshakuni,
Nikolai Baskakov Nikolai or Nikolay Baskakov may refer to: * Nikolai Baskakov (linguist) (1905–1995), Soviet linguist * (1905–1969), Soviet forester, Hero of Socialist Labour * (1903–1977), Soviet Greco-Roman wrestler * Nikolai Baskakov (painter) (1918–19 ...
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Vsevolod Bazhenov Vsevolod Andreevich Bazhenov (; February 18, 1909 – August 2, 1986) was a Soviet, Russian painter who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the '' Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation'', and regarded as a known ...
, Dzovinar Becarian, Yacov Besperstov,
Veniamin Borisov Veniamin Ivanovich Borisov (; 16 April 1935 – 6 October 2014) was a Soviet Russian painter, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 – the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation, lived and worked in ...
, Lidia Davidenkova,
Irina Dobrekova Irina Mikhailovna Dobrekova (; born 16 February 1931) is a Soviet and Russian painter and graphic artist. She is a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists, regarded as a representative of the Leningrad school of painting. Early life ...
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German Egoshin German Pavlovich Yegoshin () (April 4, 1931 – October 2, 2009) was a Russian and Soviet painter and art educator, an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg (former Leningrad). He was a member of the ...
, Leonid Fokin, Piotr Fomin, Vladimir Frentz, Nikolai Furmankov, Oleg Gadalov,
Nikolai Galakhov Nikolai Nikolaevich Galakhov (; May 29, 1928 – March 1, 2022) was a Russian artist. He was an '' Honored Artist of the Russian Federation'', a member of the '' Saint Petersburg Union of Artists'' (before 1992 the Leningrad branch of Union of A ...
, Yakov Golubev, Mikhail Grachov, Elena Ivanova-Eberling, Andrei Kochetkov,
Maya Kopitseva Maya Kuzminichna Kopitseva (; 18 May 1924 – 6 June 2005) was a Soviet Russian still-life painter and an Honored Artist of the RSFSR who lived and worked in Leningrad - Saint Petersburg. She was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artis ...
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Victor Korovin Victor Ivanovich Korovin (; December 31, 1936, Leningrad, USSR — July 6, 1991, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet Russian painter, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, who lived and worked in Leningrad. Victor Korovin regarded as one of repr ...
, Boris Kotick,
Mikhail Kozell Mikhail Georgievich Kozell (; October 20, 1911 – July 26, 1993) was a Soviet Russian painter and Art teacher, who lived and worked in Leningrad (now Saint-Petersburg), and who belonged to the Leningrad School of Painting, most famous fo ...
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Vladimir Krantz Vladimir Pavlovich Krantz (; February 17, 1913 – July 20, 2003) was a Soviet Russian painter who lived and worked in Leningrad - Saint Petersburg and is regarded as one of the representatives of the Leningrad school of painting. He is most fa ...
, Sergei Lastochkin,
Boris Lavrenko Boris Mikhailovich Lavrenko (; 6 May 1920 – 7 June 2001) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, professor of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, wh ...
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Ivan Lavsky Ivan Ivanovich Lavsky (; 23 August 1919, city of Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine Soviet Republic – 10 October 1977, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet realist painter and graphic artist, born in Ukraine who after World War II lived and worked in Leningra ...
, Valery Lednev, Vera Lubimova,
Dmitry Maevsky Dmitry Ivanovich Maevsky (; 17 May 1917, in Petrograd, Russian Empire – 23 July 1992, in Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Soviet Russian painter, lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, regarded as one of the ...
, Boris Maluev, Vladimir Maximikhin, Lidia Milova, Alexander Naumov,
Yaroslav Nikolaev Yaroslav Sergeevich Nikolaev (; 30 April 1899 – 1 July 1978) was a Soviet Russian painter, Honored Art worker of Russian Federation (1956), People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1975), a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, who lived ...
, Vasily Oreshkin, Victor Otiev, Yuri Pavlov,
Genrikh Pavlovsky Genrikh Vasilievich Pavlovsky () (October 15, 1907 – December 17, 1973) was a Russian and Soviet painter and art educator, who lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, who played an important role in the fo ...
, Varlen Pen, Vsevolod Petrov-Maslakov, Valentin Pechatin, Tamara Polosatova, Ivan Savenko, Vladimir Sakson,
Alexander Semionov Alexander Mikhailovich Semionov (; 18 February 1922 – 23 June 1984) was a Soviet Russian painter, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists and representative of the Leningrad School of Painting, most famous for his cityscape paintings. B ...
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Yuri Shablikin Yuri Mikhailovich Shablikin (; October 31, 1932, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet, Russian realist painter, graphic artist, restorer, art teacher, who live and work in Saint Petersburg, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 19 ...
, Boris Shamanov,
Alexander Shmidt Alexander Vladimirovich Shmidt (; 15 August 1911 – 5 May 1987) was a Russian-Soviet realist painter, graphic artist, and Art teacher who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, regarded as one of repre ...
, Igor Skorobogatov,
Elena Skuin Elena Petrovna Skuin (, ; 2 April 1908 – 12 February 1986) was a Soviet, Russian–Latvian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, and art teacher. She lived and worked in Leningrad and was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists. She is reg ...
, Kim Slavin, Nina Suzdaleva, German Tatarinov, Ivan Varichev, Valery Vatenin, Gleb Verner, Vasily Vikulov, Edvard Virzhikovsky, Lazar Yazgur, Vecheslav Zagonek,
Elena Zhukova Yelena Pavlovna Zhukova (; 5 June 1906 – 31 October 1991) was a Soviet and Russian painter, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, who lived and worked in Leningrad. She was regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad School of Pa ...
, and others most prominent painters of the Leningrad School. In the Department of Sculptures were exhibited art works of 28 sculptors. There were Victor Bazhinov, Alexander Ignatiev, Alexander Murzin, Vladimir Stepanov, and others most prominent sculptors of Leningrad. In the Department of graphics were presented a creation of 63 artists. There were Alexander Galerkin,
Yuri Mezhirov Yuri Alexandrovich Mezhirov (; 7 February 1933 – 13 June 2012) was a Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist and art teacher, People artist of Russian Federation, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 — the Leningrad ...
, Nikolai Muratov,
Yaroslav Nikolaev Yaroslav Sergeevich Nikolaev (; 30 April 1899 – 1 July 1978) was a Soviet Russian painter, Honored Art worker of Russian Federation (1956), People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1975), a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, who lived ...
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Alexei Pakhomov Alexei Fedorovich Pakhomov ( – 14 April 1973) was a Russian painter. He was known as a master of lithography. Early in his career, he was a illustrator for children's books. His work during World War II earned him the State Stalin Prize. He ...
, Varlen Pen, Tatiana Shishmareva, Vladimir Vetrogonsky, Victor Wilner, Rudolf Yakhnin, Vladimir Zhukov, Vasily Zvontsov, and others most prominent graphic artists of the Leningrad.


Contributed Artworks

For exposition were selected art works created in 1968-1969, also some earlier works. All they were exhibited in the first time. Some of them were subsequently found in the collections of Soviet Art museums, as well as domestic and foreign galleries and collectors. Portrait was presented of ''"Saleswoman of seeds"'' by Dzovinar Becarian, ''"Portrait of the woman artist"'' by Lidia Davidenkova, ''"Girl student freshman"'' by Valery Lednev, ''"Portrait of artist Leonid Ptytsin"'' by Yuri Pavlov, ''"Portrait of the Mikhail Ekaterininsky, People's Artists"'' by Varlen Pen, ''"Portrait of father"'' by Boris Shamanov, ''"Student Girl"'' by Nina Suzdaleva, and others. Genre painting was presented of ''"At the pond"'' by
Veniamin Borisov Veniamin Ivanovich Borisov (; 16 April 1935 – 6 October 2014) was a Soviet Russian painter, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 – the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation, lived and worked in ...
, ''"Waiting"'' by Leonid Fokin, ''"Overnight of geologists"'' by Vladimir Frentz, ''"Fishermen"'' by Oleg Gadalov, ''"The Rain. Study for the painting"'' by
Maya Kopitseva Maya Kuzminichna Kopitseva (; 18 May 1924 – 6 June 2005) was a Soviet Russian still-life painter and an Honored Artist of the RSFSR who lived and worked in Leningrad - Saint Petersburg. She was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artis ...
, ''"Oil"'' by Boris Maluev, ''"Free-kick"'' by Vasily Oreshkin, ''"Horse Racing"'' by Victor Otiev, ''"Casting Yard"'' by Tamara Polosatova, ''"Horses"'' by Ivan Varichev, and others. Landscape, Seascape and Cityscape were presented of ''"Olive trees"'' by
Evgenia Antipova Evgenia Petrovna Antipova (; 19 October 1917 – 27 January 2009) was a Russian painter, graphic artist, and art teacher. She was known for her genre compositions, portraits, landscapes, and still life paintings, which she created using oils ...
, ''"By the spring"'' by
Vsevolod Bazhenov Vsevolod Andreevich Bazhenov (; February 18, 1909 – August 2, 1986) was a Soviet, Russian painter who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the '' Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation'', and regarded as a known ...
, ''"Blooming trees"'' by
German Egoshin German Pavlovich Yegoshin () (April 4, 1931 – October 2, 2009) was a Russian and Soviet painter and art educator, an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg (former Leningrad). He was a member of the ...
, ''"On the Shore of White Sea"'', ''"Umba village in Karelia"'' by
Nikolai Galakhov Nikolai Nikolaevich Galakhov (; May 29, 1928 – March 1, 2022) was a Russian artist. He was an '' Honored Artist of the Russian Federation'', a member of the '' Saint Petersburg Union of Artists'' (before 1992 the Leningrad branch of Union of A ...
, ''"A new fence"'', ''"Crude Autumn"'' by
Maya Kopitseva Maya Kuzminichna Kopitseva (; 18 May 1924 – 6 June 2005) was a Soviet Russian still-life painter and an Honored Artist of the RSFSR who lived and worked in Leningrad - Saint Petersburg. She was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artis ...
, ''"Ancient village"'', ''"Birches"'', ''"At the walls of the Monastery"'' by
Victor Korovin Victor Ivanovich Korovin (; December 31, 1936, Leningrad, USSR — July 6, 1991, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet Russian painter, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, who lived and worked in Leningrad. Victor Korovin regarded as one of repr ...
, ''"In the Spring"'' by
Mikhail Kozell Mikhail Georgievich Kozell (; October 20, 1911 – July 26, 1993) was a Soviet Russian painter and Art teacher, who lived and worked in Leningrad (now Saint-Petersburg), and who belonged to the Leningrad School of Painting, most famous fo ...
, ''"May"'', ''"April"'' by
Vladimir Krantz Vladimir Pavlovich Krantz (; February 17, 1913 – July 20, 2003) was a Soviet Russian painter who lived and worked in Leningrad - Saint Petersburg and is regarded as one of the representatives of the Leningrad school of painting. He is most fa ...
, ''" Dresden City"'', ''"
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"'' by
Boris Lavrenko Boris Mikhailovich Lavrenko (; 6 May 1920 – 7 June 2001) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, professor of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, wh ...
, ''"In the Galf"'', ''"Rain in Leningrad"'' by
Ivan Lavsky Ivan Ivanovich Lavsky (; 23 August 1919, city of Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine Soviet Republic – 10 October 1977, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet realist painter and graphic artist, born in Ukraine who after World War II lived and worked in Leningra ...
, ''"Oats"'' by
Dmitry Maevsky Dmitry Ivanovich Maevsky (; 17 May 1917, in Petrograd, Russian Empire – 23 July 1992, in Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Soviet Russian painter, lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, regarded as one of the ...
, ''"
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"'' by Alexander Naumov, ''"Ural region. The First snow"'', ''"Spring Nature"'', ''"An Autumn. The Northern Ural"'', ''"A Road to the
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"'' by Ivan Savenko, ''"A Morning in the forest"'', ''"A White night"'' by Vladimir Sakson, ''"Leningrad in the morning"'' by
Alexander Semionov Alexander Mikhailovich Semionov (; 18 February 1922 – 23 June 1984) was a Soviet Russian painter, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists and representative of the Leningrad School of Painting, most famous for his cityscape paintings. B ...
, ''"The Night"'' by Boris Shamanov, ''"The bank of the
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"'' by
Alexander Shmidt Alexander Vladimirovich Shmidt (; 15 August 1911 – 5 May 1987) was a Russian-Soviet realist painter, graphic artist, and Art teacher who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, regarded as one of repre ...
, ''"A Red House"'', ''"Blooming Pussy-Willow"'', ''"Flowering"'', ''"A Hoarfrost"'' by Kim Slavin, ''"April day"'' by German Tatarinov, ''"Spring Day"'', ''"Autumn"'', ''"First snow"'' by Ivan Varichev, ''"Spring tracery"'', ''"Alley in Narva town"'' by Valery Vatenin, ''"Early spring"'' by Lazar Yazgur, ''"Comes May. Snowdrops"'', ''"Blossomed Bird-Cherry"'', ''"Alder and Willow branches"'' by Vecheslav Zagonek, ''"On the banks of the Volkhov River"'' by
Elena Zhukova Yelena Pavlovna Zhukova (; 5 June 1906 – 31 October 1991) was a Soviet and Russian painter, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, who lived and worked in Leningrad. She was regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad School of Pa ...
, and others. Still life paintings were presented of ''"A Window. Nasturtiums"'' by
Evgenia Antipova Evgenia Petrovna Antipova (; 19 October 1917 – 27 January 2009) was a Russian painter, graphic artist, and art teacher. She was known for her genre compositions, portraits, landscapes, and still life paintings, which she created using oils ...
, ''"Still life with cornflowers"'' by
Irina Dobrekova Irina Mikhailovna Dobrekova (; born 16 February 1931) is a Soviet and Russian painter and graphic artist. She is a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists, regarded as a representative of the Leningrad school of painting. Early life ...
, ''"The spines"'' by
German Egoshin German Pavlovich Yegoshin () (April 4, 1931 – October 2, 2009) was a Russian and Soviet painter and art educator, an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg (former Leningrad). He was a member of the ...
, ''"Apricots"'', ''"Still life with Pineapple"'' by
Maya Kopitseva Maya Kuzminichna Kopitseva (; 18 May 1924 – 6 June 2005) was a Soviet Russian still-life painter and an Honored Artist of the RSFSR who lived and worked in Leningrad - Saint Petersburg. She was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artis ...
, ''"Flowers"'', ''"A Lilac"'' by Lidia Milova, ''"Still life with Melon"'' by
Genrikh Pavlovsky Genrikh Vasilievich Pavlovsky () (October 15, 1907 – December 17, 1973) was a Russian and Soviet painter and art educator, who lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, who played an important role in the fo ...
, ''"Wildflowers"'' by Boris Shamanov, ''"Wistarias"'', ''"A Branch of Apricot"'' by
Elena Skuin Elena Petrovna Skuin (, ; 2 April 1908 – 12 February 1986) was a Soviet, Russian–Latvian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, and art teacher. She lived and worked in Leningrad and was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists. She is reg ...
, ''"Spring still life"'' by
Elena Zhukova Yelena Pavlovna Zhukova (; 5 June 1906 – 31 October 1991) was a Soviet and Russian painter, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, who lived and worked in Leningrad. She was regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad School of Pa ...
, and others.


Acknowledgment

Spring Exhibition of Leningrad artists of 1969 was widely covered in press and in literature on Soviet fine art.''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.'' Saint Petersburg, NP-Print Edition, 2007. P.396, 417.


See also

* Fine Art of Leningrad *
Leningrad School of Painting The Leningrad School of Painting () is a phenomenon that refers to a large group of painters who developed in Saint Petersburg, Leningrad around the reformed Imperial Academy of Arts, Academy of Arts in 1930–1950 and was united by the Saint Pet ...
* 1969 in fine arts of the Soviet Union *
Saint Petersburg Union of Artists Union of Artists of Saint Petersburg () was established on August 2, 1932, as a creative union of the Leningrad artists and arts critics. Prior to 1959, it was called " Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists". From 1959 (when it joined the Union of Art ...
* Socialist realism


References


Sources

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