Moscow Union of Artists

The Moscow Union of Artists (Московский Союз Художников, МСХ) is a creative organization based in Moscow. According to its official site, it today unites more than five and a half thousand masters of various directions and genres, organized on a sectional principle. Its sections and associations include the Товарищество живописцев МСХ, the Ассоциация Художников Декоративных Искусств, the Объединение московских скульпторов, the Объединение художников «Промграфика», the Секция художников-монументалистов, Московский Эстамп, Станковая графика and the Гильдия художественного проектирования. The organization describes its masters as combining a contemporary approach to creative tasks with reliance on the best traditions of Russian fine art. A large-scale exhibition project, «Московский Союз художников 90», marking the 90th anniversary of the organization, was held from 8 to 25 April 2022 in the Western Wing of the New Tretyakov Gallery (Krymsky Val, 10), presenting works by artists of 9 sections of the Union from the preceding five years.

The official site of the Moscow Union of Artists presents the organization as a creative union of Moscow masters. It states that the МСХ today unites more than five and a half thousand masters of various directions and genres, organized on a sectional principle, and that this project presented the МСХ as a unique creative phenomenon not only of the Moscow but also of the Russian contemporary artistic space. A large-scale exhibition project dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the organization, «Московский Союз художников 90», was held from 8 to 25 April 2022 in the halls of the Western Wing of the New Tretyakov Gallery (Krymsky Val, 10); it presented the best works of Moscow artists from 9 sections of the Union over the preceding five years, with a range of works from classics to contemporary installations, from realism to abstract art.

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3. 3Moscow Union of Artistswikidata.org