The Russian Academy Of Arts

The events marking the 75th anniversary of the Moscow State Academy Art Lyceum will take place at the Lyceum (8 Krymsky Val, building 2, Moscow) on December 12, 2014 and include an opening ceremony for the jubilee exhibition (at 12.00), a concert (at 13.00) and a reunion of the Lyceum’s graduates (at 16.00).

The exhibition entitled the Academic School presents a retrospective of students’ works from the Lyceum Museum’s collection. On display are over 100 paintings and graphic sheets of various years. Many of them have been restored by E.A. Markova who has been working for the Lyceum for many years. The significance of early students’ works is hard to be overestimated as they show us brilliant results of the academic education as a basis for further development and perfection of art skills.

The Moscow State Academy Art Lyceum was set up in 1939 on the initiative of prominent figures of Russian culture: academicians I. Grabar, V. Baksheev, P. Konchalovski,  D. Moor,  S. Gerasimov, P. Sokolov-Skalya, K. Yuon; People’s Artists of the USSR V. Barsova, V. Kachalov, A. Yumashev;  the Arctic explorers E. Krenkel, E. Fedorov, P. Shirshov. It was named  Moscow Secondary Art  School. In 1951 the School  through a decree of the USSR Art Committee became a division of the USSR Academy of Arts (now Russian Academy of Arts).Among its alumni are such noted artists of world reputation  as V. Ivanov, P. Ossovski, V. Sidorov, V. Stozharov, A. Tkachev, O. Tselkov, T. Nazarenko,  M. Dronov, A. Shmarinov and many others.

The Moscow Art Lyceum is founded on the disciplines of painting, sculpture and architecture. These three disciplines are fundamental to the Academy traditions that the Lyceum is proud to uphold.  It offers children of exceptional abilities and promise the opportunity to obtain necessary skills and a foundation to their careers as professional artists.





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