The Russian Academy of Arts

The Academy The Russian Academy of Arts, founded in 1947, is the backbone of the Soviet/Russian artistic academic system. The Academy, composed of around 100 members and 150 corresponding members, oversees the art academies and institutes in Russia, the most notable being the Repin Institute in St. Petersburg and the Surikov Institute in Moscow, and dictates [...]

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Zherdzitsky, Yevgen Fedorovich

Yevgen Fedorovich Zherdzitsky was born October 19, 1928 in the Rostov province of Russia. He began studies at the Khakov Art Institute (Ukraine) in 1954 under masters S. Besedin, O. Kokel, and S. Prokhorov. He became a member of the Ukrainian Artists' Union in 1958. He became a professor of painting at the Kharkov Art [...]

Pokulity, Kostantin Ivanovich

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Kostyantin Ivanovich Pokulity was born August 19, 1934 in the city of Dnipropetrovsk on the Dnepr River, Ukraine. He studied at the Art Institute of Kiev in 1965 under masters I. Shtilman, V. Kostetsky, and L. Vitkovsky. He became a member of the National Urainian Artists' Union in 1970. He became a Merited Artist of [...]