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Bridgeview Address:
10 - 27 46 Ave, second floor, Long Island City NY 11101
Tel. (718) 937-1300
info@academicart.com
 
Details from famous Russian 19th century paintings (Kramskoi, Serov, Korovin)

BRIDGEVIEW SCHOOL OF FINE ART, NEW YORK
in the classical tradition...
located one subway stop from Manhattan, near PS1/MOMA


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Founded by classically-trained European and American artists, Bridgeview School of Fine Arts, New York, offers a unique program in traditional Drawing, Painting and Sculpture.

This program is based on the centuries-old techniques developed by generations of European masters. These techniques were painstakingly preserved at the Russian Academy of Fine Arts, which is the alma mater for most of the Bridgeview teachers. Almost everyone of them can trace his or her lineage directly to one of the greatest 19th century artists including French sculptors Rodin and Bourdelle, Swedish painter Zorn and Russian painters Repin, Surikov and Serov.The school founders are contemporary artists, who live and work in America. Their academic training has helped them to find their own voice. Bridgeview founders do not consider realism as the only way of artistic expression. Rather, they think of it as the best environment for learning the conceptual and technical aspects of fine arts. Located in Long Island City (Queens), which is an emerging art center of New York, Bridgeview is in the midst of cultural renewal. Its neighbors include PS 1 Contemporary Art Center, the Noguchi Museum, and the Sculpture Center, just to name a few. We are only one subway stop from Manhattan, the most vibrant art community in the world.

Bridgeview School's College Portfolio Preparation Program was featured in New York Times article by Daniel Grant "Portfolio Prep"

"I know what rigorous training there was at the Russian academies and I applaud your efforts to bring it to America". Greg Hedberg. Director of European Art at Hirshl and Adler Gallery, New York and former Director of the New York Academy of Art.

"Thanks again for this school. All the instructors that Jessie has had have been enormously helpful to her. She would not be at the stage she is now without them. It has not been the art instruction alone that has contributed so much, but the people themselves and the genuine interest each of them has shown in her. It has been a privilege to work with them". Carole Shasha, Greenwich, CT (mother of student Jessica Shasha, age 16). Jessica is a fine art student at the Art Institute of Boston.


Classes for Adults.
Continuing Education/Certificate/College Portfolio Preparation
click here to see the schedule and fees


Classes for Children and Youth.
High School Portfolio Preparation, College Portfolio Preparation

(LaGuardia, Bayside, Sinatra High Schools, SVA, Pratt, Parson's, RISDI, FIT, Cooper Union, Boston Art Institute etc.)
click here to see the schedule and fees for upcoming semesters

We are on Youtube now! Watch these two videos by clicking on the images .


Spring 2009 Open House. Instructor's Drawing, Painting and Sculpture Demonstrations. John Murray (portrait painting), Samuel Kudish (portrait drawing), Tatyana Zhurkov (clay sculpture), Polina Osnachuk (still life painting). Posing for John Murray and Samuel Kudish were Bridgeview students Evgenia Alekseyev, Ksenia Khrushuk, Miranda Tildes.

click on the picture below to see the Open House Video

click on the pictures below to see the Open House Video
of Samuel Kudish drawing a portrait of Miranda Tildes



Editor in Chief of American Art Collector Magazine Peter Trippi (center) visited Bridgeview in January 2009. He is photographed here with Bridgeview co-founder John Murray (left) and Bridgeview alumni Ilya Mirochnik (right). Paintings in the background are by Bridgeview children ages 9 - 15.


Bridgeview students and teachers' exhibits, awards, other achievements.

In 2007-2008 Lena Murray studied for a year at the Repin Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Bridgeview founders John and Lena Murray visited Russian countryside in July - August 2007.

Bridgeview summer program in St. Petersburg, Russia, 2005 and 2006.

Academic Tradition III. Drawings, Paintings, Sculptures.
Bridgeview students and faculty exhibit at the Asian Cultural Center, October 2006.

Young Bridgeview students (age 6 - 17) exhibit in Manhattan at K-Place Gallery.
Located near Wall Street, K-Place Gallery is a premier exhibit center for major Russian artists from 19th to 21 century. Bridgeview children's exhibit took place April 22 - 30, 2005.

Academic Tradition I. Exhibit by Bridgeview adult students and faculty. Chelsea Museum of Art June 2004.

Click the links below for more information:

Russian-trained Artists Teach in New York by American Artist magazine, June 2004.

Lena Murray - Founder of Bridgeview in New York

John Murray - Co-founder of Bridgeview

Choosing art schools in New York - Why Bridgeview?

Samuel Kudish, Bridgeview painting instructor, teaches Portrait Painting at the Chelsea Art Museum

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