Grekov Odesa Art School

It was an open Society of Fine Arts under the patronage of wealthy citizens of Odesa and the Russian Empire.

Its patrons included S.M.Vorontsov, Governor-General Paul Demetrius von Kotzebue, Odesa's mayor N.A.Novoselsky, knyazes Gagarin, Manuc Bei, Tolstoy family, Italian General Consul Castile, as well as famous architects F.Boffo, O.I.Otton and F.V.Gonsiorovsky.

The Vice President of Odesa Society of Fine Arts Franz Morandi became involved in its funding.

The first plaster casts, prints, models were discharged to him from the Milan Academy of Fine Arts, with which he had good relations.

In 1924 the school was renamed the Polytechnic College of Fine Arts, which prepared muralists, printers and potters.