WChUTEIN

Architecture Wchutemas , book cover by El Lissitzky (1927)

WChUTEIN (in German : Higher Artistic-Technical Institute ; Russian ВХУТЕИН , long form: Высший художественно-технический институт ) were two state art colleges in Moscow and Leningrad .

The Moscow University emerged from the “Higher Artistic-Technical Workshops” (“ WChUTEMAS ”), which was renamed “WChUTEIN” on March 4, 1927.

Leningrad University was established in 1922. The Moscow version of the Institute of Art Education was established on December 19, 1920. Both universities were closed in 1930.

In place of the Moscow University, two new ones were created: the Moscow Architecture Institute (“ MARCh ”) and the Moscow State Academic Artistic Institute.

Instead of the Leningrad University, the Institute of Proletarian Performing Arts was established, which was renamed the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in 1932.

literature

• Selim Omarovič Khan-Magomedov (co-authors: Arlette Barré-Despond and Joëlle Aubert-Yong): Vhutemas. Moscou 1920–1930 , 2 vol., Paris, Editions du Regard 1990 (French), ISBN 2-903370-55-9

Individual evidence

1. ^ Architectural training in Moscow: First steps in a new direction Ilya Mukosey from Bauwelt 34.201632THEME The Soviet Legacy - MARCh
2. ↑ The Century of Extremes The Art of Classical Modernism Hans Dieter Huber rough and ready 2010 p. 79