Socialist realism art

Malaev Fedor "flying airplanes". 1950

Introduction - Unknown Socialist Realism: The Leningrad School of Painting 1920-1990s

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Yuri Pimenov towed the party line and was one of the most famous artists of the official Soviet art. He created propaganda paintings with scenes of idyllic life in the USSR. Whether they are accurate or not, they were completed in an incredibly talented way.

The art form that became the singular artistic expression of communism took its roots in the mid-nineteenth century, aiming to establish art as a...

Soviet artist restorer Mikhail Devyatov, graphic artist, USSR Union of Artists, Honored Artist, section of restoration, Soviet Art, USSR Academy of Arts

David Michael Newstead Gustav Klutsis was a Latvian artist who began his career in 1912 and his work was greatly influenced by events throughout the early Twentieth Century. Wars, revolution, and p…

There’s nothing like a bit of contrast and historical perspective to make you reevaluate what's going on in the world now. Many people, especially those living in the West, still have very little understanding of what everyday life was like behind the Iron Curtain. That’s where the ‘Soviet Visuals’ social media project comes in. It collects and shares historical photos, propaganda posters, illustrations, and architectural images from the USSR in order to give people a better understanding of…

Lenin and Stalin during the October Revolution