Shevchenko State Art School
History
The school was established on August 12, 1937, and was originally located at 2 Volodymyrska Street, Kyiv. The designer and builder of the new school building was the architect Joseph Karakis. At the time, this was the only art school building and institute of its type in the Soviet Union.
The first pupils graduated on 29 June 1940. Due to the threat of war with Germany, all graduates from this class as well as directors of the school were conscripted into the Soviet Army and sent to the Eastern Front.
The school was vacant until 1944 when the building was taken over by the National Museum of the History of Ukraine, and the school moved to new premises. Today, the school is located in 4 Zhambyl Zhabayuly Street, Kyiv.
Notable alumni
There are many notable artists among its graduates, including:
- Andriy Chebykin
- Christina Katrakis
- Peter Kravchenko
- Oleg Kulik
- Kost Lavro
- Yuri Makoveychuk
- Alina Panova
- Les Podervyansky
- Vlada Ralko
- Arsen Savadov
- Mikhail Turovsky
- Roman Turovsky
- Glib Vysheslavsky
- Nicholas Zalevsky
- Galyna Zubchenko
References
- ^ "Історична довідка ("Historical facts")" (in Ukrainian). Ministry of Culture of Ukraine. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
External links
- The school's website (in Ukrainian)