A humorous pin-up in the spirit of socialist realism

Moscow and Muscovites on the canvases of the impressionist of the era of socialist realism Yuri Pimenov

When it comes to socialist realist artists, for some reason, many people immediately associate their work with the images of leaders, Stakhanovite leaders, and also with red flags and many other patriotic and propaganda paraphernalia. But in Soviet times there were other masters who wrote the ordinary life of ordinary people, their everyday joys and sorrows. And today I would like to recall the wonderful painter of the everyday genre of the era of socialist realism - Yuri Pimenov. This artist managed to accomplish

Soviet beauties: how the artists of socialist realism saw women

Over the 70 years of its existence, the Soviet system has created a lot: total control and specific art, highly developed industry, urban planning and the space industry, as well as special people: strong-willed, purposeful, energetic, healthy in mind and body. And today we will talk about the images of Soviet women in art, in particular in painting. After all, the female theme in all eras attracted artists, and the Soviet era was no exception

Socialist realism is our everything: How Nikita Khrushchev dispersed the exhibition of avant-garde artists

On December 1, 1962, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Moscow branch of the Union of Artists of the USSR, an exhibition was held, which was attended by Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev himself. The exhibition featured works by avant-garde artists. The first chairman of the Central Committee of the CPSU walked the hall three times, and then subjected the paintings to harsh criticism. After this exhibition, the Soviet Union forgot for a long time what abstract art is

Forest Spirit - Plant Spirit. Reflection of the God of Nature in the works of various authors

In Western furry culture (the art of depicting anthropomorphic animals) I have long observed one interesting tendency - some images created by one author become, as it were, the public domain, they are drawn by many. This could be called fan art, but fan art is usually created based on world famous works, and here they are just separate images created by a talented person and picked up by other talented authors. In this collection I want to introduce you to the spirit

"Nude" in Soviet style: How many people are asking today for the socialist realism of Alexander Deineka in the world art market

After the teleconference in 1986, Leningrad - Boston, the whole world learned that in the USSR there is nothing so forbidden, that there is no such thing as between a man and a woman, and this phrase became widely used in Russia to define the anti-sexuality of culture in Soviet times. And was it really so … Was it really so chaste art in the days when socialist realism reigned. Looking at the paintings of the famous classic of Soviet fine art, who had numerous titles and regals