The Russian Realistic Art Institute opens Drawing Lessons exhibition timed to the 190th anniversary of the Stroganov Art Academy.

      The retrospective exhibition embraces the period from the mid 19th century up to now and presents works by great art teachers, famous graduates and present-day students of the Stroganov Art Academy.

      The exposition includes easel, decorative and applied painting and graphic art, as well as sculptures, furniture, ceramics and metal items, and fabric and wall-paper samples.

      10 subject halls will unfold the story of the Stroganov Art Academy and the changing approach to the academic and special painting.

      The exhibition runs from November 21 till March 22, 2015.