The oath of the Baltic

The artist is soap The diploma picture "The oath of the Baltic" Opens the creative path of the painter, graphics, monumentalist Mylnikov. The canvas preceded the mosaic for the pantheon of the heroes-Baltic (unfortunately, remained unfulfilled). This work rare in its tragedy (especially for that time) is a significant milestone not only for its author….

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Carpet plane

The artist is Roerich Roerich has more than once portrayed a plot with a carpet carpet using folklore of different peoples. In the 1939 picture, Roerich addresses the legend of Tsar Solomon, flying on a wonderful aircraft in the form of a carpet-emptor in Asia. According to the legend, told by Roerich in his book…

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Autumn station

The artist – Pimenov Military tests (1941–1945) greatly influenced the work of Pimenov; The artist-lyricist changed his bright cheerful gamut of the 1930s to the harsh palette of heavy military everyday life. He created many dramatic female images that develop in a lyrical-pathetic poem about a Russian woman. The painting “Autumn Station” most fully reflected…

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At the Crimean Conference

The artist is Nalbandan On February 4–11, 1945, a meeting of the heads of the three countries of the anti -Hitler coalition – Great Britain, the USSR and the USA was held in Crimea. It took place in the Livadian Palace of the city of Yalta and was called the Crimean (Yalta) conference. It took…

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Sacred spring

The artist is Roerich A special place among Roerich’s theatrical works is the ballet to the music of Stravinsky “Spring Spring”, whose idea dates back to the beginning of 1910. In the “Chronicle of My Life”, Stravinsky says: “Once, … in my imagination completely unexpectedly, for I thought about then completely different, a picture of…

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Expanse

The artist is Deineka In the last year of the war, joyful colors appear in the harsh palette of Deineki. In the summer of 1944, he completed the panel he had begun even before the war "Expanse". The Great Patriotic War is not over yet. The country from the Baltic to the Black Sea shakes…

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Winter. San Francisco

The artist is Arnautov From 1925 to 1963, Arnautov lived in San Francisco. In the early 1930s he taught at the California Art School, since 1936 for 25 years-at the Faculty of Art and Architecture of Stanford University. In the 1930s he took part in the painting of the Bashni. The picture with the view…

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Stalin at the bed of the patient m. Gorky

The artist is Efanov For the first time, Efanov turned to this topic in 1939, having performed the drawing of the same name. “The idea of ​​the picture,” wrote the artist in memoirs, “arose on my eve of the 60th anniversary of Comrade Stalin. In the newspaper, I read a large article by Comrade Poskrebyshev….

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