page_title: 1954 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
section_title: Events
hierarchical_section_title: 1954 in fine arts of the Soviet Union / Events
caption_attribution_description: English: Cover of the catalog of Spring Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1954 Русский: Обложка каталога весенней выставки произведений ленинградских художников 1954 года
context_page_description: The year 1954 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts.
context_section_description: February 12 — Regional State picture gallery opened in city of Vologda. Works of prominent Russian and foreign artists are presented in collection of gallery. Among them George Dawe, Viktor Vasnetsov, Mikhail Nesterov, Mikhail Vrubel, Alexandre Benois, Aleksandr Borisov, Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ivan Aivazovsky, Isaac Levitan, Vasily Vereshchagin, Ilya Repin, Vasily Polenov, and others. In collection are presented also paintings of the Vologda artists. The unique art gallery is in an area.
  The Spring exhibition of works by leningrad artists opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists. The participants were Evgenia Antipova, Nikolai Baskakov, Sergei Frolov, Nikolai Galakhov, Vladimir Gorb, Maya Kopitseva, Boris Korneev, Elena Kostenko, Anna Kostrova, Gevork Kotiantz, Valeria Larina, Boris Lavrenko, Ivan Lavsky, Gavriil Malish, Alexei Mozhaev, Nikolai Mukho, Samuil Nevelshtein, Yuri Neprintsev, Sergei Osipov, Lev Russov, Ivan Savenko, Vladimir Seleznev, Arseny Semionov, Alexander Shmidt, Elena Skuin, Victor Teterin, Nikolai Timkov, Mikhail Tkachev, Leonid Tkachenko, Vecheslav Zagonek, and other important Leningrad artists.
  June 6 — In Moscow on Tverskaya Square in front of Moscow City Hall was opened sculptural monument to the Moscow founder of Prince Yuri Dolgoruky. The monument sculptors S. Orlov, A. Antropov, N. Shtamm, architectural design V. Andreev.
  Chairman of the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists was elected painter Joseph Serebriany, who held the position until 1957.
  The exhibition of Soviet art shows in the Chinese cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hangzhou. The participants were Yuri Neprintsev, Vecheslav Zagonek, Vladimir Serov, Boris Korneev, Alexander Laktionov, Ivan Savenko, Yuri Tulin, and other artists.
caption: Exhibition catalogue
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