Penza Art School of Savitsky

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Description

Penza Art School named after K. A. Savitsky is one of the oldest art secondary specialized educational institutions in Russia, located in Penza on Bogdanova Street, 1. It trains specialists in the field of painting, sculpture, graphics, restoration, design and theatrical scenery.

Story

The school was founded in 1890 with funds bequeathed by Lieutenant General N.D. Seliverstov. He bequeathed three hundred thousand rubles and his collection of paintings to the city of Penza to create a drawing school. The school opened on February 2, 1898, and its first director was academician of painting K. A. Savitsky, appointed by the Imperial Academy of Arts. Savitsky invited famous artists from Moscow, such as P. I. Korovin and K. Grandkovsky, the sculptor Baron K. A. Klodt and other teachers to teach general education subjects.

After the revolution of 1917, the school was reorganized into the Penza State Free Art Workshops (SFMA) under the leadership of the authorized People's Commissariat of Education E.V. Ravdel, an artist and sculptor. Such masters as G. M. Blumenfeld and V. P. Anders taught in the workshops. Later the workshops were transformed into an art college, and then into an art and pedagogical college. During this period, the school faced difficulties: old teachers were persecuted, part of the library was destroyed, and the collection of the art gallery was significantly damaged.

Return to classical training

In 1936, the school regained its name Penza Art School and again began training students in the spirit of an academic school. It became part of the system of the Committee for Arts under the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR and was subordinate to the Arts Department of the Penza Regional Executive Committee. During the Great Patriotic War, the director of the school was I. S. Goryushkin-Sorokopudov, which contributed to an increase in the level of education in war and post-war times.

Modern period

In 1955, the school was named after K. A. Savitsky. In 1986, the Penza Art Gallery named after. K. A. Savitsky was moved from the school building to a new room, and the vacated areas began to be used for educational purposes. Currently the school has about 350 students.

Contribution and significance

The Penza Art School named after K. A. Savitsky remains an important cultural and educational center, continuing the traditions of academic art education and making a significant contribution to the development of art in Russia.

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