Member Lists

Membership certificate of the Society of photography,
including its targets.

I am constantly working on the full list of official members for the various movements, and the relevant links will soon appear on the site, in case you were wondering.

Most artists have moved between groupings, becoming members of some, founding others, participating in a third's exhibition, sympathizing with a fourth, totally disagreeing with a fifth... Some of these groups never had a formal membership, others did. Some artists were affiliated with several movements, others - with none. Some have never been members of a group, some founded whole movements themselves.

For each Movement it is expected and logical that a list of (official) members is created, distinguishing between the "regular" members and founder members of same group.

So far I have created in the database a list of about 450 artists, with their personal data and affiliation: birth and death dates and places, artist profile, all the groups and Movements in which he/she was a member or a founding member. In all I have a list of about 800 names, and it takes a long time and a great effort to locate all the details. In some cases, despite al the efforts, the exact dates or places are yet to be found...

And though the member lists are not yet ready, and you do not see the details - they are reflected in "This month in Russian Avant-garde..." lists of the artist's birth and death dates on the home page. You may see the lists of the artists grow longer, and include many artists whose works do not as yet appear on pages at the Russian Avant-garde Gallery.

Naturally, though it would take a long time with 800 names, I will do everything in my power to make a page for each of the names I have.