After the 1917 October Revolution, in July 1918, by the initiative of the People's Commissar of Education Anatoli Lunacharsky, the Art School resumed as free "Courses of Drawing" located at Liteyny Prospect. At the end of 1918, courses are converted to "Art School and Workshop". In July 1919, the school moved to Tavricheskaya street, 35, which later gave the school its unofficial name: "Tavricheskaya Art School". Here the Art School remained until 1961.
