USSR Union of Artists

Union of Artists of the USSR (Russian: Союз художников СССР) was a creative union of the Soviet artists and arts critics embracing the Republics of the Soviet Union.

The Union started in 1932 to supersede the AKhRR. The integral Union was instituted in 1957. By January 1, 1976 the Union included 14,538 members.

Chairmen of the Union of Artists of the USSR

• Konstantin Yuon - 1957—58
• Sergei Gerasimov - 1958—64
• Boris Ioganson - 1965—68
• Yelena Belashova - 1968—71
• Tahir Salahov - 1973–1992
• Nikolai Ponomaryov
• Valeri Sidorov

Members of the Union of Artists of the USSR

• Durdy Bayramov (1938-2014) - Turkmen painter, member since 1965
• Mushail Mushailov (1941-2007) - Soviet/Russian artist and teacher
• Alexey Novikov 1931 member of the Imperial Academy of Arts, member since 1964
• Igor Novikov 1961, member since 1987
• Leonid Steele - 1958, union ID #508
• Aleksey Tikhonov 1944 - 1979, member since 1975

References

• Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3d ed.