A gift to the Academic Art Lyceum and the opening of a methodical architectural exhibition

Seven busts, which are copies of classical samples of antique and Western European sculpture from the collection of the Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts, will replenish on March 5, 2015 the collection of teaching aids of the B.V. Johanson St. Petersburg State Academic Art Lyceum. Present to the Lyceum on its 81st birthday is part of the joint program Methodical Collection of LLC Restoration and Construction Company Order, the Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts and the Center for Support and Development of Museum Initiatives. Also on this day, a methodical architectural exhibition will be organized, organized for the Lyceum by the Faculty of Architecture of the St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after I.E. Repin.

The St. Petersburg Art Lyceum, well known in the city as the Secondary Art School, was created in March 1934 and was called the School of Young Talents. Over the past years, many names have changed, but the main mission and high mission of the educational institution has been preserved - to nurture professional artists, help boys and girls endowed with artistic talents, build their own creative path in the difficult modern world.

The lyceum is famous for the classical school, which is supported and developed by the “sahashatiks” of many issues, living and working today in various parts of the globe. Preservation and maintenance of classical traditions is provided by the Lyceum’s present: painting of plaster is an obligatory and significant component of any training program for artists, and, as you know, all material things wear out and require regular updating and replenishment.

In the Lyceum’s methodological collection, high-quality copies of Athena Lemnia by Phidias, Portrait of Marietta Strozzi by Desiderio da Setignano, Portrait of a Boy by Luca della Robia, Prophet Jeremiah and Gatamelatta by Donatello, Bust of Michelangelo and Hermes "by unknown authors.

Helping artists grow is the goal of the creators of the Methodological Collection program, which aims to provide high-quality teaching aids for children’s art schools, secondary and higher educational institutions based on the collection of the Museum of the Academy of Arts. The program also involves the formation of opportunities for introducing young artists into the real process of creating works of art of various types, genres and directions.

The meeting at the Lyceum (SCH) will be held on March 5 at 12:00 at the address: 17, Children’s Street, Building 1, St. Petersburg.