Association of South Russian Artists

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In this topic you want to remember all the outstanding representatives of the southern Russian school of painting. Below is the picture of artists - members of the Association from my personal archive. The center, front row, fifth from left - Kyriakos K. Kostandi. His life, studying in St. Petersburg, as well as creative and teaching activities in this subject I shall devote a separate page, based on the recollections of his son Kostandi - Michael Kiriakovich who has devoted the past 10 years of his life (1978-1988 g.) writing a book about her father.

  Briefly about TYURH: the organization was founded in 1890 and had the status of the Independent Association of Odessa creative artists. Among the founders and most active members of the association - known artists: KK Kostandi (1850-1921), G. Ladyzhenskii (1853-1916), B. Edwards (1860-1924) and other great contribution to activities of the organization made the younger generation of artists in Odessa: GS Golovkov (1863-1909), T. Ya Dvornikov (1862-1922), PA Nilus (1869-1943).
            Over three decades of its activities in the organization consisted of 87 full members and more than 280 artists participated in exhibitions and cultural events TYuRHa. The Association was organized over a hundred exhibitions (including annual, traveling, charity, etc.). Members of the association participated in exhibitions TPHV Moscow and Leningrad region (for example, Nizhny Novgorod, 1896), international (eg, the World Exhibition in Paris, 1900).
            In Odessa in the exhibition TYuRHa brought their well-known artists of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Warsaw, Riga, Kiev, Poltava, etc. At various times in the exhibitions TYuRHa could see the work of Serov, I. Levitan, NI Murashko, NK Pimonenko, Kandinsky and many other celebrated artists. Association has played a significant role in the socio-cultural life of Odessa. Many of its members consisted of the Odessa Society of Fine Arts, the teachers were held in this society Drawing School (from 1900 - Odessa Art School). TYURH participated in the creation of the Municipal Museum of Fine Arts (now the Odessa Art Museum).
            In 1898, the initiative was created TYuRHa Odessa literary and artistic society (1898-1904). Association existed until 1922. In 1922, on the basis TYuRHa was founded by artistic union - Society behalf KK Kostandi, head TYURH from 1902 to 1921. Work of many artists TYuRHa distinguish subtle sophisticated color schemes, seclusion, lyricism. The most popular genre - plein air landscape.
  Traditions TYuRHa have continued in the works of contemporary artists in Odessa.