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

• The Institute of Art Culture is transformed into the State Institute of Art Culture (GinKhuK). Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin and Mikhail Matyshin work as a heads of its experimental studios.
• 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.
• 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.
• April — The first Exhibition of the art association «The Four Arts» was opened in Moscow in the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. Exhibited 215 works of painting and sculpture of 28 authors. The participants were Lev Bruni, Aleksei Kravchenko, Pavel Kuznetsov, Nina Niss-Goldman, Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Martiros Saryan, Vladimir Favorsky and other important Russian artists.
• In Leningrad artist Pavel Filonov (1883–1941) organized a group of «Masters of Analytical Art».

Births

• February 9 — Yaroslav Krestovsky (), Russian soviet painter (died 2004).
• April 9 — Ernst Neizvestny (), Russian sculptor, painter, graphic artist, and art philosopher (died 2016).
• June 15 — Vasily Golubev (), Russian soviet painter (died 1985).
• November 1 — Vladimir Malevsky (), Russian painter and graphic artist (died 1981).
• December 16 — Kapitolina Rumiantseva (), Russian soviet painter (died 2002).

See also

• List of Russian artists
• List of painters of Leningrad Union of Artists
• Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
• Russian culture
• 1925 in the Soviet Union

References

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