Moscow Artists Union was established on April 23, 1932, by a decree of the Communist Party's Central Committee. The Union combined several sections, including the section of painting (the present Association of Painters). The first head of the new section was V.Odintsov. The following famous artists were among active contributors to the section: F.Bogorodskiy, P.Vilyams, A.Deineka, P.Kuznetsov, A.Lentulov, I.Mashkov, P.Radimov, G.Ryazhskiy, V.Favorskiy, A.Gerasimov, P.Korin, N.Krymov, A.Tyshler, A.Osmyorkin, A.Plastov, V.Tatlin, R.Fal'k, A.Shevchenko.

   

    In 1949 Moscow painters received premises in the basement and ground floors of a new building in Gorkiy Street, to be used for exhibitions. After 1951 these premises housed the administration of Painting Studios of Moscow department of the Art Fund of the Russian Federation. It was these walls that witnessed the distribution of governmental orders for paintings, the activities of the famous board evaluating the paintings; all outstanding painters were visitors to this hall. The administration of Studios, the site of talks about recent paintings and exhibitions, used to be one of the centers of Moscow art life.

   

    In the 1990-s the Painting Section of the Moscow Artists Union was renamed into the Association of Painters, and the Studios administration became a gallery.

   

    Nowadays, mostly preplanned personal exhibitions are held

    There are traditional …, the program of which includes

    Today the Exhibition hall of the Association of Painters mainly focuses on preplanned personal exhibitions. There are also traditional group projects, the program of which includes receptions, master classes, and art happenings for children. The executive board of the Association uses the hall for its meetings.