School General Description

he Federal State Budgetary Institution of Higher Education "St. Petersburg State Academy of Art and Industry named after A. L. Stieglitz" (Stieglitz Academy) is one of the oldest Russian higher educational institutions that trains specialists in the field of fine , decorative and applied arts and design . Founded in 1876 with funds donated by Baron Alexander Stieglitz . The main building of the School of Technical Drawing of Baron Stieglitz (Solyanoy Lane, 13), designed and built in 1878-1881, was created by AI Krakau in collaboration with the architect RA Gödike . The neighboring building of the museum was built according to the project of the first director of this educational institution - the architect M.E. Mesmakher . From 1953 to 1994, the Academy was called the Leningrad Higher School of Industrial Art named after V. I. Mukhina , therefore in the media it is often called the “Mukhinsky School”