House of creativity «Staraya Ladoga»
| Дом творчества художников «Старая Ладога» | |
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| Founder | Vsevolod A. Bazhenov |
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The House of Creativity "Staraya Ladoga" was an all-Russian centre for artistic creativity, which existed in the Volkhovsky District of Leningrad Oblast from the mid-20th century up to the 1990s. It was located opposite the ancient village of Staraya Ladoga on the right bank of the Volkhov River.
After the origination of the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists, a question about the foundation of the house for vacation and creativity was stated. For this purpose in 1935, some accommodations were allocated in the Leningrad suburb Gatchina. The restoration of them began in 1936, but World War II intervened in it. Gatchina was occupied for almost three years during World War II. The Gatchina Palace was destroyed and the house for vacation and creativity, too. In February 1945, it was the second attempt of the foundation of this one. The ex-estate of the prince Nikolay Shakhovskoy in Staraya Ladoga was given up to Leningrad artists as a base zone for the rest and creative work.
It was a good choice. Staraya Ladoga has always been drawing attention of Russian painters by the ancient barrows, architectural monuments and romantic views of the Volkhov River. There were the artists Ivan Aivazovsky, Orest Kiprensky, Aleksander Orłowski, Ivan Ivanov, Alexey Venetsianov and many others in the nineteenth century. A future member of the Imperial Academy of Arts and the Peredvizhniki group Vassily Maximov was born and laid to rest there. He portrayed scenes from an everyday life of peasants.
Renowned artist Nicholas Roerich painted his sketches there during the summer of 1899. He named this landscape the best of the Russian one. He wrote that a feeling of ancient Motherland could overfill the viewer when directing the look at Staraya Ladoga.Valentin Serov, Konstantin Korovin, Boris Kustodiev also worked there. Alexander Samokhvalov was in Staraya Ladoga many times in 1924–26. He took part in the restoration of St. George's Church. That experience gave a great deal to this artist: it helped him to understand the effect of joining a monumental painting with the architectural forms. He painted his Staraya Ladoga (1924) and Family of Fisherman (1926, Russian Museum) there.
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