Friday, September 28, 2012

Victory Day

Mikhail Bobyshov: Fireworks on Victory Day (1961)

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Igor Grabar, ctd

 Gorgeous Hoar Frost

 A Bed of Delphinium (1947)

 In the Morning Dew

 Lilacs and Forget-Me-Nots (pre-Soviet, 1905)

 March Snow (pre-Soviet, 1904)

 March (1939)

Morning Tea (pre-Soviet, 1917)

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Vase with Flowers

Nikolai Sinezouboff: Vase with Flowers (1938)

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Bolotnikov's Revolt

Gavriil Gorelov: Bolotnikov's Revolt (1944)

Ivan Bolotnikov was the leader of a peasant rebellion in early 17th century Russia.

Monday, September 24, 2012

Nude with Dog

Vitaly Tikhov: Nude with a Dog (1921)

Friday, September 21, 2012

Enemy at the Door

A harrowing image from the Great Patriotic War. Propaganda, sure - but damn effective.

Nikolai Ivanovich Ulyanov: Invasion: Enemy at the Door (1965)

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Playing Hockey at Dynamo Stadium

Konstantin Vyalov: Playing Hockey at Dynamo Stadium

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Submarine in the Barents Sea

Georgy Nissky: Submarine in the Barents Sea

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

House in the Far North

Yuri Ivanovich Semenyuk: House in the Far North, Vazhgort (1965)

Monday, September 17, 2012

We Are For Peace

Vladimir Nekrasov: We Are For Peace (1950)

Friday, September 14, 2012

Evening at the Table

Igor Popov: Evening at the Table (1957)

Thursday, September 13, 2012

A Peasant Home

Pavel Radimov: A Peasant Home (1922)

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Nostalgic Soviet Still-Life

Boris Vasilevich Kondrashin: Nostalgic Soviet Still-Life (1954)

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Aristarkh Lentulov

Aristarkh Lentulov (1882-1943) was a Russian painter who worked in pre-Revolutionary times as well as during the Soviet era. Prior to his Soviet period he painted mostly in a Cubist style.

  A Family Portrait (1924)

 In the Artist's Studio (1923)

 Kerch Factory (1930)

 Reading the Newspaper (1930s)

Sebastopol (1931-32)

Monday, September 10, 2012

Leningrad

Ilya Lovich Katz: Leningrad, City of Naval Glory (1960)

Igor Grabar

Igor Grabar (1871-1960) was a Russian painter considered to be a Post-Impressionist. He is best known for his paintings of snow scenes.

 An Old Barn on a Frosty Day (1933)

 Birch Alley 

 Crossing the Yard: A Gray Day (1941)

 Evening

A Portrait of V. G. Dulova (1935)

 Flora (1934)

 Frost

Frosty Morning, Pink Rays (1906 - pre-Soviet)

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Artists' Models

Two Soviet paintings of artists' models.

 Leonid Gerschovich Krivitski: Artist's Model in Pink Floral Dress (1955)

Boris Chaliapin: Model in Black Stockings (1939)

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Sergei Gerasimov

Sergei Gerasimov (1885-1964) was a Russian and Soviet painter. He is not related to Alexandr Gerasimov, with whom he was at odds.

A Collective-Farm Festival (1937)

Terrace with a Table and Vase of Flowers

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

September

Konstantin Dorokhov: September