1925 in fine arts of the Soviet Union

The year 1925 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts.

Events

• February 8 — The VII Exhibition of AKhRR named «Revolution, the everyday life and work» was opened in Moscow in the Pushkin Museum. Exhibited 375 works of painting and sculpture of 122 authors. The participants were Mikhail Avilov, Abram Arkhipov, Mikhail Bobyshov, Isaak Brodsky, Alexander Vakhrameev, Mitrofan Grekov, Nikolai Dormidontov, Yuly Klever, Piotr Kotov, Boris Kustodiev, Rudolf Frentz, and other important Russian artists.^[1]

• March 8 — The Exhibition «Woman in Russian painting» was opened in Moscow in Tretyakov gallery. The participants were Abram Arkhipov, Victor Vasnetsov, Alexander Golovin, Anna Golubkina, Natalia Goncharova, Boris Grigoriev, Nikolay Kasatkin, Konstantin Korovin, Boris Kustodiev, Filipp Malyavin, Vladimir Makovsky, Vasily Rozhdestvensky, Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Zinaida Serebriakova, and other important Russian artists.^[2]

• In Leningrad artist Pavel Filonov (1883–1941) organized a group of «Masters of Analytical Art».

Births

• February 9 — Yaroslav Krestovsky (Russian: Ярослав Игоревич Крестовский), Russian soviet painter (died 2004).
• June 15 — Vasily Golubev (Russian: Василий Васильевич Голубев), Russian soviet painter (died 1985).
• December 16 — Kapitolina Rumiantseva (Russian: Капитолина Алексеевна Румянцева), Russian soviet painter (died 2002).

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  Kapitolina Rumiantseva

See also

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• List of Russian artists
• List of painters of Leningrad Union of Artists
• Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
• Russian culture

References

Sources

• VII выставка картин и скульптуры «Революция, быт и труд. М., АХРР, 1925.
• VI выставка Общины художников. Каталог. Циркульные залы Академии художеств. Л., 1925.
• Каталог выставки заключительных работ студентов Ленинградской Академии художеств. Л., 1925.
• Выставка «Женщина в русской живописи». М., Государственная Третьяковская галерея, 1925.
• Artists of Peoples of the USSR. Biography Dictionary. Vol. 1. Moscow, Iskusstvo, 1970.
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• Directory of Members of Union of Artists of USSR. Volume 1,2. Moscow, Soviet Artist Edition, 1979.
• Directory of Members of the Leningrad branch of the Union of Artists of Russian Federation. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1980.
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