ArcheoBiblioBase: Archives in Russia: E-56

Rossiiskaia Akademiia khudozhestv (RAKh)

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Archives of Russia (2000), pp. 581-85; Arkhivy Rossii (1997), pp. 445-49; GAF Spravochnik (1991), pp. 516-18; Peterburg (1992), p. 51.

e-600. Vladimirovich, Vanslov Viktor; and Vladimirovich, Zaitsev Evgenii. Rossiiskaia Akademiia Khudozhestv i otechestvennoe iskusstvo XX veka. Moscow, 1998. 160 p. reprinted 1999. [RAKh; NII teorii i istorii izobrazitel'nykh iskusstv].

History of RAKh in 20th century.

e-601. 225 let Akademii khudozhestv SSSR: Katalog vystavki. Compiled by I.A. Bartenev, L.N. Tselishcheva, B.V. Veimarn, et al. Edited by P.M. Sysoev. 2 vols. Moscow: Izobrazitel'noe iskusstvo, 1983. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).
        Vol. 1: 1757–1917. 600 p.; Vol. 2: 1917–1982. 599 p.

The first volume of the jubilee exhibition catalogue includes a history of the Academy (pp. 7–45), a catalogue of prerevolutionary exhibits with biographical data about artists (pp. 50–573), and a catalogue of selected documents from the prerevolutionary records of the Academy in TsGIA SSSR (now RGIA, B–3) (pp. 586–96). The second volume similarly covers the Soviet period with a catalogue of the exhibits and data about artists (pp. 6–575), a list of elected Academy members (pp. 576–77), a survey of important documents in the Academy Presidium and Scientific Bibliographic Archive (pp. 583–84), and a bibliography of Academy publications (pp. 585–90).

e-602. Lisovskii, Vladimir Grigor'evich. Akademiia khudozhestv: Istoriko-iskusstvovedcheskii ocherk. 2d ed. Leningrad: Lenizdat, 1982. 224 p. (Lib: DLC; IU).

A jubilee edition honoring the 225th anniversary of the Academy of Arts, providing a short history based on archival materials in the RAKh records in RGIA and the present activities of the I.E. Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, the Scientific Research Museum, the library, and the archive.

e-603. Bekker, Ivan Ivanovich; Brodskii, Iosif Anatol'evich; and Isakov, Sergei Konstantinovich. Akademiia khudozhestv: Istoricheskii ocherk. Edited by S.K. Isakov. Leningrad: “Iskusstvo”, 1940. 160 p. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).

A survey history of the Academy of Arts from its foundation to World War II.

e-604. Iubileinyi spravochnik Imperatorskoi Akademii khudozhestv, 1764–1914. Compiled by S.N. Kondakov. 2 vols. St. Petersburg: Tip. tovarishchestva R. Golike i A. Vil'borg, [1914]. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).
        Pt. 1: Chast' istoricheskaia. 356 p.
        Pt. 2: Chast' biograficheskaia: Spisok russkikh khudozhnikov. K iubileinomu spravochniku Imperatorskoi Akademii khudozhestv. 462 p.

The first part of the directory provides a short historical survey of Academy activities to 1914 (pp. 1–56), a survey of subsidiary institutions, the privileges, awards, instructions, and rules for members, and data about the collections of the museum and library (pp. 96–108), and biographical data on members of the Academy (pp. 279–332). The second part has biographical data on current artists.

e-605. Materialy k bibliografii po istorii Akademii khudozhestv, 1757–1957. Compiled by O.F. Beliaeva, N.E. Beloutova, et al. Edited by O.F. Beliaeva, A.L. Kaganovich, L.L. Rakov and O.E. Vol'tsenburg. Leningrad: Tip. VMOLA im. K.E. Voroshilova, 1957. 210 p. [AKh SSSR; Nauchnaia biblioteka] “Akademiia khudozhestv SSSR. Nauchnaia biblioteka: Raboty i materialy,” vol. 5. (Lib: IU; MH).

A bibliography of publications (ca. 4,500) on the history of the Academy from its foundation to 1957 including books and articles in journals and newspapers.