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The Russian Academy of Arts
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V. Surikov Moscow State Academy Art Institute
I. Repin St.Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
Moscow State Academy Art Lyceum
B. Ioganson St. Petersburg State Academy Art Lyceum
V. Surikov Moscow State Academy Art Institute

30 Tovarisheski  Pereulok
109004 Moscow, Russia
Tel: (495) 912-3932
E-mail:artinst@mail.ru

Rector
Anatoli A. Bichukov

Tel: 495- 912-3932

V. Surikov Moscow State Academy Art Institute is one of the leading centers of higher art education in Russia. 

In 1939, Igor Grabar became the first rector of the Moscow State Art Institution. The noted artist, art historian and talented teacher I. Grabar  managed to attract to the Institute such renowned artists as S. Gerasimov, A. Deineka, A. Lentulov, V. Favorski, A. Osmerkin, K. Istomin  who greatly contributed to the development of the best traditions of the Moscow art school.

In 1947 the Institute became a division of the USSR Academy of Arts. In 1948, in honor of the centenary of V. Surikov’s birth,  the Institute was named after the celebrated Russian artist V. Surikov.

The Institute comprises five faculties:
     Faculty of Painting;
     Faculty of Graphic Art:
     Faculty of Sculpture;
     Faculty of Architecture;
     Faculty of Theory and History of Arts.

The teachers’ staff includes  People’s Artists of Russia, Full and Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Arts, among them are A. Bichukov; T. Salakhov; M. Kurilko-Ryumin; A. Rukavishnikov; V. Sidorov; M. Pereyaslavets and others.


Faculty of Painting

It is the biggest faculty with more than 200 students who are trained in seven workshops: four workshops of easel painting; two workshops of monumental art and a workshop of theatrical-decorative painting. Besides the curriculum, all the above workshops provide extra-curricular  activity  focused on  painting from models.
In workshops of monumental art students master the technique of mosaic, wall painting, stained glass. The workshop of theatrical decorative art offers history of theatre and costume.
Many eminent artists gave classes at the Faculty: I. Grabar; P. Corin; A. Deineka; S. Gerasimov, V, Ryndin, etc.

Faculty of  Graphic Art

The Faculty has three workshops: easel drawing, graphic design and  posters; book illustrations.  The curriculum includes not only painting and drawing lessons, but also the study of different publishing processes and graphic techniques: etching; lithography, linocut; xylography, serigraphy.
The Institute boasts its best heads of the above workshops: D. Moor; M. Cheremnykh; V. Favorski; E. Kibrick, N. Ponomarev.  

Faculty of Sculpture 

The Faculty promotes the best traditions of  Russian realistic school as  basics for sculptors’ training. Sketches, easel, monumental  and decorative sculpture, bas-relief, high relief, animal sculpture, experiments in various materials are major stages of the educational process.  Such noted sculptors as N. Tomski, M. Manizer, L. Kerbel, O. Komov were teachers of the Faculty in different periods.  

Faculty of Architecture

Set up in 2001, the Faculty of Architecture is the youngest  in the structure of the Institute.  Based on classical Russian school, it offers a wide range of specialization in various areas of modern  architecture and design.

Faculty of Theory and History of Arts

The Faculty trains specialists in theory and history of arts,  antiquity,  museum and exhibition activity.

Each academic year is combined with summer practice in various parts of Russia where students perfect their skills, experiment and paint plein-air studies  under the supervision of their teachers.  The final-year students do their graduate work.

The Institute offers a one academic year preparatory course for international  students  including  the Russian language, basics of drawing, painting, composition, sculpture, as well as  introduction into Russian culture. 
Post-graduate offerings are: bachelor’s and master’s degree program, probation program. Graduates of all degrees earn appropriate certificates.