1966 in fine arts of the Soviet Union

The year 1966 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts.

Events

• Guaranteed wage for artists for the first time introduced in Leningrad. Its size was 150-200 rubles a month, roughly in line with the average wage in the industry. This innovation was seized about 500 visual artists of all disciplines.^[1]

• Exhibition of young leningrad artists opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists.^[2]

• Autumn Exhibition of leningrad artists of 1966 year opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists.

Deaths

• March 7 — Samuil Adlivankin (Russian: Адливанкин Самуил Яковлевич), Russian soviet graphic artists (born 1897).
• March 29 — Vladimir Ingal (Russian: Ингал Владимир Иосифович), soviet sculptor, Honored art worker of Russian Federation, Stalin Prize winner (born 1901).
• August 16 — Gavriil Gorelov (Russian: Горелов Гавриил Никитич), Russian soviet painter Горелов Гавриил Никитич (Никитьевич), русский советский живописец, Honored art worker of Russian Federation, Stalin Prize winner (born 1880).
• December 20 — Matvey Manizer (Russian: Манизер Матвей Генрихович), soviet sculptor, People's Artist of the USSR, Stalin Prize winner (born 1891).

Gallery of 1966

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  V. Ovchinnikov. Street in Pristannoe village. 1966

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  V. Teterin. Quince. 1966

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  А. Semionov. Landscape with rainbow. 1966

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  G. Svirnova. Olga. 1966

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  P. Vasiliev. Late Lilac. 1966

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  М. Kozlovskaya. Murmansk Fish Seaport. 1966

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  А. Semionov. Saint Sofia Cathedral in Novgorod the Great. 1966

See also

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

References

1. Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. Saint-Petersburg, NP-Print Edition, 2007. P.395.
2. Дмитренко А., Фёдорова Н. А где же молодость? О «Выставке молодых» // Смена, 1966, 11 ноября.

Sourсes

• Дмитренко А., Фёдорова Н. А где же молодость? О «Выставке молодых» // Смена, 1966, 11 ноября.
• Artists of Peoples of the USSR. Biography Dictionary. Vol. 1. Moscow, Iskusstvo, 1970.
• Artists of Peoples of the USSR. Biography Dictionary. Vol. 2. Moscow, Iskusstvo, 1972.
• 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.
• Artists of Peoples of the USSR. Biography Dictionary. Vol. 4 Book 1. Moscow, Iskusstvo, 1983.
• Directory of Members of the Leningrad branch of the Union of Artists of Russian Federation. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1987.
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• Vern G. Swanson. Soviet Impressionism. Woodbridge, England, Antique Collectors' Club, 2001.
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• Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. Saint-Petersburg, NP-Print Edition, 2007. ISBN 5-901724-21-6, ISBN 978-5-901724-21-7.
• Anniversary Directory graduates of Saint Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, Russian Academy of Arts. 1915 - 2005. Saint Petersburg: Pervotsvet Publishing House, 2007.