A film about the past and present of the Tomsky Moscow Secondary Art School at the Surikov Institute.




A sign reading "Drawing Studio".
Students at easels in an art school draw a nude model.
Young people discuss their works: drawings and paintings.
Walking down a corridor, paintings on the wall.
A group of teachers: looking at students' drawings, discussing grades.
Students' grades are announced.
Opening of a new academic year at the Moscow Secondary Art School.
A man with a microphone wishes the students success in their studies and creativity.
Young people are interviewed, they say (synchronously) why they want to become artists.
Teachers tell (synchronously) how they got into art school.
A man with a microphone recalls the history of the art school.
View of a village, houses, fences.
A color drawing of a village house.
A woman takes a bucket of water out of a well.
A color drawing of a well in winter.
Drawing: female portrait.
Tree, top-down panorama.
Cows in a river.
Landscapes: trees, river.
Church domes.
An artist draws a church from life.
Artists painting on easels in a church bell tower.
Palette with paints.
View of a village church.
Girls painting at an easel outdoors.
Colored drawing of a village church.
Students of an art school painting a church.
Photo by artist Igor Grabar.
Newspaper clippings about the art school.
Teachers tell (synchronously) how they learned their craft.
A girl with a bouquet of flowers.
Painting
1988
Moscow Moscow region