Leningradskaia shkola litografii. Put' dlinoiu v vek (The Leningrad Lithography School: A Century-Long Journey)
St. Petersburg: Muzei istorii Sankt-Peterburga / Frants Art Foundation, 2021. Sewn pb. This catalogue of an exhibition at the Museum of the History of St. Petersburg shows how artists in St. Petersburg/Leningrad conceived an ardent interest in one technique of printmaking, which caught on to such an extent that it inspired lithographers (most of whom were also accomplished artists in other genres) to create lithographs as independent works of art. Works span the early years of the twentieth century through the first post-Soviet period of the 1990s. Chapter titles: the revival of the artist's print (avtorskii estamp); aspiring to art; albums; the committee for popularizing art editions; three images of St. Petersburg; Vladimir Konashevich; Vladimir Lebedev and the artists of Detgiz (Detskoe izdatel'stvo, Publishing house of children's literature); graphic arts department of the Academy of fine Arts; Forming a graphic arts laboratory in the Leningrad department of the Artists' Union; "Art for the masses"; three bouquets or in search of color; painting and lithography; agitating for happiness; children's popular prints; the "pencil of combat" during the war; Flourishing after the blockade: existential experience; in expectation of a thaw; rehabilitation of everyday life; searching for a contemporary style; international recognition from tradition to innovation; the spontaneously talented; echo of the war and echo of expressionism; urbanism; heroes and knights of of the everyday; sport in contemporary life; romanticism; a second graphics arts; life after the myth; the myth and metaphysics of St. Petersburg; the Russian myth; the group "Tsekh"; lithograph collectors' club; the N. A. Tyrsa art circle; conclusion. Short biographies of artists and a bibliography. 360 p., apporx. 250 color and b/w illus., Rus. with summary in ENGLISH. Item #4094
ISBN: 9785604627440
Run: 650.
Price: $96.00