Museum “Exhibition Halls and Presidium of the Russian Academy of Arts. History of the Russian Academy of Arts

The idea of ​​creating the Academy of Sciences and Arts in Russia was expressed by Peter I in the late 1690s.

The Academy of Arts was established by the decision of the Senate on November 6, 1757, during the reign of the Empress Elizabeth Petrovna Petersburg on the initiative of the great Russian scientist M.V. Lomonosov and the famous educator of that time I.I. Shuvalov.

In 1764, Catherine II, having approved the Charter and the states, granted the Imperial Academy of Arts a Privilege. In the same year, according to the project of the architect J.B.

Artists and architects of the first Shuvalov graduation of the Academy A.P. Losenko, F.I. Shubin, V.I. Bazhenov, F.S. Rokotov, I.E. Starov asked that the highest level artistic practice and pedagogy, which made glory of national art.

Significance of the Russian Academy of Arts

She was the center art education, actively influenced the development of all types of art, contributed to the formation of museum collections, conducted extensive research work, held exhibitions and competitions.

The Imperial Academy of Arts initiated the founding of provincial art schools and schools where graduates of the Academy taught, and later - museums attached to them.

RAH today

The Russian Academy of Arts is the largest center of Russian artistic culture.

She is the heiress of the Imperial Academy of Arts and the assignee of the Academy of Arts of the USSR.

At present, the Academy, with all its creative, pedagogical, research and museum institutions, is an unparalleled organization in the world that implements national interests in the development of artistic culture and aesthetic education that affirms fundamental humanistic values.

The Russian Academy of Arts is one of the most valuable objects national treasure peoples of Russia.

supreme body Academy of Arts - Session(General meeting of full members and corresponding members). Between sessions, the activities of the Academy are managed by the Presidium headed by the President.

Academy activities

Under the auspices of the Academy of Arts, new art educational institutions are being opened in various regions of the country. A wide reconstruction of the oldest art universities is being carried out.

Academy of Arts accepts Active participation in the implementation of the largest art projects such as the reconstruction of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, the construction of the Victory Memorial on Poklonnaya Hill and many others.

Concerned about the future of Russian artistic culture, she strives to preserve and enrich the pedagogical principles of the Russian art school, to unite all the most talented and significant that is in the art of our country.

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Russian Academy of Arts (RAH)- State Academy of Sciences Russian Federation, state institution of culture - branch academy of sciences in the field of fine and decorative arts, architecture, design and art education. The founder of the Russian Academy of Arts is the Government of the Russian Federation.

The supreme body of the Russian Academy of Arts is the Session (General Meeting of Full Members and Corresponding Members). In the intervals between sessions, the activities of the RAH are managed by the Presidium headed by the President.

Continuity[ | ]

The Russian Academy of Arts is the legal successor of the USSR Academy of Arts, established in 1947 on the basis of the All-Russian Academy of Arts. All property of the Academy of Arts of the USSR after the collapse of the USSR was transferred Russian Academy arts, and members of the Academy of Arts of the USSR were awarded the titles of full members and corresponding members of the Russian Academy of Arts.

According to its legal status, the Russian Academy of Arts is a federal state budget institution.

“Striving for the new and asserting the worthy position of the modern Russian art in the world, the Academy of Arts retains its traditions and historical structure. Now it includes, as before, the departments of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture. The departments of Graphic Arts, Theatrical and Decorative Arts, Decorative and Applied Arts, Design, Art History and Art Criticism were added to them. The Russian Academy of Arts throughout its 250-year history has maintained artistic ties between the center and the regions. This concerned the education of artists, the creation of local centers of culture, the development of architectural and monumental ensembles. Today, its regional branches operate in St. Petersburg, the Volga region, the Urals, Siberia and the Far East. In other words, the activities of the Academy today cover all types and genres of spatial arts in our country.”

The main activities of the RAH[ | ]

Academic system of art education[ | ]

The Russian Academy of Arts is a state creative and scientific organization. Education is one of the main aspects of activity. Work is underway to preserve and creative development traditions of the national academic school, organization and improvement of the system of art education, the most important elements of national art education, the greatest value, have been preserved and developed Russian culture that has received worldwide recognition. In order to promote the creative development of the academic art school system, the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Arts established the Council for Art Education, which, in close cooperation with the Scientific and Methodological Department of the Academy and the leadership of academic educational institutions, coordinates the issues of academic art education.

Educational establishments RAH:

Scientific activity[ | ]

Particular attention in the framework of research is paid to the actual processes of interaction between the spheres of fine arts, science and education on the problems of an interdisciplinary nature and cross-cultural dialogue in the world art space.

UNESCO Chair of Fine Arts and Architecture[ | ]

The department was established in 1998 and became part of the Russian Academy of Arts. Together with the sectors of culture and education of UNESCO, the UNESCO Chair of the Russian Academy of Arts, strives for universal recognition of the importance of arts education as a platform for sustainable development, development of creativity, innovation and cultural diversity. The department is headed folk artist CCCP and Russia, President of the Russian Academy of Arts, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Zurab Tsereteli.

Academy membership[ | ]

Meeting room of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Arts

Members of the Academy are elected by the general meeting of the Russian Academy of Arts.

Membership in the Academy is lifelong.

The number of members of the Academy is established by the Government of the Russian Federation.

Elections of members of the Academy are held at least once every 3 years.

Branches of the Academy[ | ]

The Academy is built according to scientific-industry and territorial principles. The structure of the Academy includes:

Academy Leadership[ | ]

The supreme governing body of the Russian Academy of Arts is the general meeting of the Academy. Members of the general meeting of the Academy are full members and corresponding members. The General Meeting of the Academy is convened by the Presidium of the Academy at the suggestion of the President of the Academy at least once a year.

In the intervals between general meetings, the activity of the Russian Academy of Arts is directed by the Presidium headed by the President.

Presidium of the Academy consists of the President and Vice-Presidents of the Academy, Chief Scientific Secretary of the Presidium of the Academy, Deputy Chief Scientific Secretary of the Presidium of the Academy, Academician-Secretaries of the Academy departments, Chairmen of the regional departments of the Academy and other members of the Academy.

The number of members of the Presidium of the Academy is determined by the general meeting of the Academy. The Presidium of the Academy is elected for a 5-year term. The distribution of duties between the vice-presidents and members of the Presidium of the Academy is carried out by the President of the Academy.

President of the Academy elected by the general meeting of the Russian Academy of Arts from among its full members for a period of 5 years. The elected president of the Academy takes office after his approval by the Government of the Russian Federation.

President of the Russian Academy of Arts :

Vice Presidents of the RAH :

Members of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Arts :

• People's Artist of the USSR V. I. Ivanov
• People's Artist of the USSR V. M. Sidorov,
• People's Artist of the USSR A. M. Shilov,
• People's Artist of the RSFSR A. I. Alekseev,
• People's Artist of the RSFSR A. N. Burganov,
• People's Artist of the RSFSR A.P. Levitin,
• People's Artist of the RSFSR R. F. Fedorov,
• People's Artist of the RSFSR O. M. Savostyuk,
• People's Artist of the Russian Federation E. N. Maksimov (Academician-Secretary of the Painting Department),
• People's Artist of the Russian Federation L. I. Savelyeva (Academician-Secretary of the Department of Decorative and Applied Arts),
• People's Artist of the Russian Federation A. G. Akritas,
• People's Artist of the Russian Federation N. I. Borovskoy,
• People's Artist of the Russian Federation V. A. Glukhov,
• People's Artist of the Russian Federation A. N. Kovalchuk,
• People's Artist of the Russian Federation B. A. Messerer (Academician-Secretary of Theater and Film Decoration Art),
• People's Artist of the Russian Federation N. A. Mukhin,
• People's Artist of the Russian Federation T. G. Nazarenko,
• People's Artist of the Russian Federation V. I. Nesterenko,
• People's Artist of the Russian Federation P. F. Nikonov,
• People's Artist of the Russian Federation S. N. Oleshnya,
• People's Artist of the Russian Federation S. P. Ossovsky,
• People's Artist of the Russian Federation A. I. Teslik,
• People's Artist of the Russian Federation A. V. Tsigal,
• People's Artist of the Russian Federation A. S. Charkin,
• People's Artist of the Russian Federation A. D. Shmarinov,
• People's Artist of the Russian Federation E. V. Romashko,
• People's Artist of the Russian Federation A. I. Rukavishnikov,
• Honored Artist of the Russian Federation F. A. Rukavishnikov,
• Honored Artist of the Russian Federation A. D. Borovsky,
• Honored Artist of the Russian Federation K. V. Khudyakov,
• Honored Artist of the Russian Federation V. G. Kalinin,
• Honored Architect of the Russian Federation N. I. Shumakov,
• Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR V. V. Vanslov,
• Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation O. A. Krivtsun,
• M. A. Busev,
• S. P. Kolov,
• A. N. Korotaeva,
• T. A. Kochemasova,
• K. V. Petrov,
• A. I. Rozhin,
• M. M. Fatkulin,
• O. R. Khromov,
• E. Z. Tsereteli,
• A. G. Yastrebenetsky.

Academic organizations[ | ]

The following organizations, which are the property of the state, are assigned the rights of operational management of the RAH:

• St. Petersburg State Academic Art Lyceum named after B.V. Ioganson
• Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts with branches:
• Science Library
• Archives
• Creative workshops various types art.

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Printed publications[ | ]

In 2009, the Russian Academy of Arts, with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, began publishing its own magazine, ACADEMIA. The magazine was created to inform the public about the activities of the Academy, as well as to popularize and increase interest in

The Academy of Arts was founded in St. Petersburg by the decision of the Senate on November 17 (6, according to the old style), 1757, in the reign of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, on the initiative of the great Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov and the famous educator of that time, Count Ivan Shuvalov.

It was Shuvalov who invited teachers from abroad, recruited the first students, and in 1758 donated his art collection to the academy, thus laying the foundation for the library and the future museum.

In 1764, the Academy of Arts received the status of the Imperial Academy.

In the same year, an Educational School was opened at the academy, in which children of five or six years old were admitted. After nine years of study, students completed their education in one of the higher classes - historical, portraiture, engraving, sculpture, architecture. Since 1767, graduates of the academy, awarded with a gold medal, were sent to improve themselves abroad. From the 1770s, exhibitions of works of art began to be held at the Imperial Academy of Arts.

Among the first graduates of the academy are portrait painters Anton Losenko and Fyodor Rokotov, sculptor Fedot Shubin, architects Vasily Bazhenov and Ivan Starov.

In 1802, the charter of the academy was supplemented with new articles that raised its status in the field of social and artistic activity, affirming its leading role in all spheres of artistic life. The Academy received the right to engage in urban construction projects, conduct architectural and art competitions. Teachers and students of the academy participated in the construction and decoration of the Kazan and St. Isaac's Cathedrals, the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in Saint Petersburg, Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. The Academy initiated the founding of provincial art schools and colleges where its graduates taught, as well as museums at art schools.

In 1840 the Educational School was closed, leaving only classrooms. Since 1843, only persons of the imperial family were appointed presidents of the academy. In 1847, the Mosaic Institution was established at the Academy as part of the art and technical departments. According to the charter of 1859, the academy lost its self-government and was subordinated to the Ministry of the Imperial Palace.

In 1893, a new charter was approved, which returned self-government to the academy. The classrooms were transformed into the Higher Art School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, at which workshops were opened, headed by famous artists Ilya Repin, Vladimir Makovsky, Ivan Shishkin, Arkhip Kuindzhi. The Academy of Arts was given the right to approve the projects of monumental structures.

The Museum of the Academy, founded by Count Ivan Shuvalov in 1758, during its existence has collected the most valuable collection of Western European and Russian paintings, drawings, sculptures, architectural models and drawings. Based on this collection, the Russian Museum of the Emperor was created in 1895. Alexander III(now the State Russian Museum).

The regional branches of the Russian Academy of Arts "Urals, Siberia and Far East", Volga branch, Southern branch.

Students and members of the academy took part in the implementation of art projects - the reconstruction of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, the construction of the Victory Memorial on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow, the architectural design of the facades and interiors of the complex of buildings of the branch of the State Academic Bolshoi Theater Russia and others.

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Russian Academy of Arts (RAH) - the largest in Russia state center artistic culture in the fields of architecture, fine arts and decorative arts, design and education.

Birth and formation

Back in 1724, Peter the Great, foreseeing the glorious future of the country in the region cultural achievements, planned to establish an "Academy of Sciences and Curious Arts" - the first Russian institution, the purpose of which was the study and development of domestic science and culture. In the reign of Catherine I, the teaching of the art of sculpture and painting was introduced at the Academy of Sciences.

But only in September 1757, by decree of Elizabeth Petrovna, the Imperial Academy of Arts was established. The great scientist Mikhail Lomonosov and the famous philanthropist Ivan Shuvalov took a serious role in its creation, who presented the “Report” on the creation of a “special three most noble arts academy”. The institution was opened in St. Petersburg, but within 6 years it was assigned to the Moscow University founded by Shuvalov.

The Enlightener immediately invited unique foreign masters as teachers - the architect Jean Vallin-Delamote, the artists Claude Lorrain, Georg Schmidt, Jean De Velli, the sculptor Nicolas Gillet, accepted the first set of students from talented teenagers of different classes. A year later, Shuvalov presented the Academy with his own magnificent collection of paintings, sculptures and literary works, thus laying the foundation for an extensive library and museum complex.

The Academy became a "family nest" of Russian talents who were accepted to study, regardless of status. So, the brilliant Rokotov became a student "by verbal order", and the brilliant Fyodor Shubin, being a stoker, was simply "claimed" to the walls of the Academy for his talent.

Teachers and students took part in the construction and design of famous architectural ensembles: the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ on Blood, the Kazan and St. Isaac's Cathedrals, the Moscow Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

Academy graduates who graduated from different time- painters Karl Bryullov, Anton Losenko, Ilya Repin, Alexander Ivanov, Vasily Surikov, sculptors Mark Antokolsky, Ivan Martos, architects Vasily Bazhenov, Andrei Voronikhin, Nikolai Benois and others - presented the world with the highest degree artistic skill and teaching art.

Academy of Arts in the XX-XXI centuries

After the revolution of 1917, the Imperial Academy of Arts was abolished, and only after a long fifteen years - in 1932, its reconstruction began. In 1947, the Academy of Arts of the USSR was established in the capital.

The building on Prechistenka, where in 1948 the Presidium and exhibition halls of the academy were located, is known as the "Mansion of the Morozov family", erected in 1871 according to the project of Pyotr Campioni in the style of an urban estate. The art collection of a major Russian industrialist and philanthropist Ivan Morozov, located in the building, was a unique collection of works by Renoir, Claude Monet, Pissarro, Van Gogh, Paul Cezanne, Rodin, Pablo Picasso, as well as Vrubel, Levitan, Vasnetsov, Konstantin Korovin and other geniuses .

Famous people were discovered in the mansion Exhibition halls, which have been considered a cultural landmark of Moscow for 70 years. For more than two centuries of its activity, the Museum of the Academy has collected a precious collection of Russian and Western European paintings, drawings, sculptures, drawings, maps and architectural samples.

At the end of the 90s. of the last century, an extensive restoration of the facade and interiors of the main building was carried out. Since 1991, the academy has received the status federal agency and my modern name- Russian Academy of Arts. In 2001, the academy's exhibition areas became much wider, thanks to the opening of the Art Gallery in building No. 19 on Prechistenka.

The modern Academy of Arts in Moscow preserves the old cultural traditions. As before, it is the center of art enlightenment and education, deals with the consideration of art projects in the field of painting, architecture, sculpture, actively influencing the development of all types of art, promotes the formation of museum collections, holds large-scale exhibitions of leading contemporary domestic and foreign masters working in different types visual arts.

Useful information

You can get to the Academy of Arts stop from Gogolevsky Boulevard by trolleybus 15 or bus 5, 15, if you get off at the Kropotkinskaya metro station.