Demand for creativity: evolution of art education in the Don region
Research Article
How to Cite
Surkova L.A. Demand for creativity: evolution of art education in the Don region. Humanities of the South of Russia. 2025. Vol. 14. No. 2. P. 173-189. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18522/2227-8656.2025.2.14 (in Russ.).
Abstract
Objective of the study is to examine the emergence, organization and existence of art education and professional fine art in the Azov region.
The methodological basis of the study was made up of little-known historical facts, materials from scientific conferences, literary sources, periodicals, and memoirs of compatriots.
Results of the study. Based on historical facts, the author showed the path of development of art education in the Don region, introduced readers to the little-studied creative work of the founder of the art school of the Azov region A. S. Chinenov and a number of other painters, which led in the 21st century to the creation of a comprehensive education system and the opening of the South Russian branch of the Russian Academy of Arts.
Prospects of the study. This material will be useful for further study of the development of the school of fine arts in the South of Russia.
Keywords:
fine arts, artists of the Don Region, A. S. Chinenov, Rostov-Nakhichevan Society of Fine Arts, M. B. Grekov Rostov Art School, Russian Academy of Arts
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Garbuzov G. R. The origins of the formation and development of art education in the Don region. Rostov-na-Donu = Rostov-on-Don. 2006; 72 p. (In Russ.)
Eremeeva A. N. “Under the roar of civil storms...”. Artistic life of the South of Russia in 1917-1920. Sankt-Peterburg: Nestor = St. Petersburg: Nestor. 1998; 399 p. (In Russ.)
Zinchenko V. P. Art and graphic faculty: 30 years of creativity. Khudozhestvenno-pedagogicheskoye obrazovaniye: soderzhaniye, problemy, perspektivy: Materialy Vserossiyskoy nauchno-prakticheskoy konferentsii, Rostov-na-Donu, 27–29 sentyabrya 2001 goda. Tom 1. Rostov-na-Donu: Lingvisticheskiy institut. Rostovskiy gosudarstvennyy pedagogicheskiy universitet = Art and pedagogical education: content, problems, prospects: Materials of the All-Russian scientific and practical conference, Rostov-on-Don, September 27-29, 2001. Volume 1. Rostov-on-Don: Linguistic Institute. Rostov State Pedagogical University. 2001; 382 p. ISBN 5-8480-0423-4. (In Russ.)
Kulishov V. I. Pages of the history of the artistic culture of the Don (for the 100th anniversary of art education in the Don). Krayevedcheskiye zapiski: sbornik nauchnykh trudov. Vyp. 2. Novocherkassk = Local history notes: a collection of scientific papers. Issue 2. Novocherkassk. 1997; 44-50. (In Russ.)
Mareev V. I. 15 years of the Southern Branch of the Russian Academy of Arts. Catalog. Rostov-na-Donu = Rostov-on-Don. 2023; 275 p. (In Russ.)
Mironova I. “Russian Renaissance”. Nizhegorodskiy gosudarstvennyy muzey: al'bom. Nizhniy Novgorod: DEKOM, 2013. T. 2: Serebryanyy vek i avangard. T. 2. = Nizhny Novgorod State Museum: album. Nizhny Novgorod: DEKOM Publ., 2013. Vol. 2: Silver Age and Avant-garde. Vol. 2. 2013; 143 p. ISBN 978-5-89533-305-1. (In Russ.)
Rudnitskaya Yu. L. Artists of the Don. Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR = Leningrad: Artist of the RSFSR. 1987; 236 p. (In Russ.)
Ryazanov V. V. From the first shelter to the present day. From the history of fine art of Nakhichevan-on-Don. Rostov-na-Donu: Kovcheg = Rostov-on-Don: Kovcheg Publ. 2011; 154 p. ISBN 978-5-91011-071-1. (In Russ.)
Skoptsova G. S. From century to century: history of the Rostov Art School in faces. Rostov-na-Donu = Rostov-on-Don. 2009. ISBN 978-5-9901759-1-4. (In Russ.)
Article
Received: 24.12.2024
Accepted: 22.04.2025
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Surkova, L. A. (2025). Demand for creativity: evolution of art education in the Don region. Humanities of the South of Russia, 14(2), 173-189. https://doi.org/10.18522/2227-8656.2025.2.14
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