Grekov Odessa Art school
Coordinates: 46°29′16″N 30°44′0″E / 46.48778°N 30.73333°E
The Grekov Odessa Art school (Ukrainian: Одеське художнє училище імені М. Б. Грекова, Russian: Оде́сское худо́жественное учи́лище имени М. Б. Гре́кова; abbreviated ОХУ) is an institution of secondary education in Odessa, Ukraine. It is the oldest and one of the more renowned school of arts in the country.
The Grekov Odessa Art school was founded as a "drawing school" on 30 May 1865. The first school principal was Frederick Malman, who drafted the rules of the school. It was not a private institution, but was open Society of Fine Arts under the patronage of the famous people of Odessa and Russian Empire. In patrons of the art school were S.M.Vorontsov, Governor-General P.L.Kotzebue, Odessa's mayor N.A.Novoselsky, knyazes Gagarin, Manuc Bei, Tolstoy family, Italian General Consul Castile, the famous architects F.Boffo, O.I.Otton, F.V.Gonsiorovsky and others.
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