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Leniniana – Soviet artists painting Lenin

Soviet artists painting Lenin. Lenin and demonstration'. 1919. The State Historical Museum

Isaak Brodsky (1884-1939). ‘Lenin and demonstration’. 1919. The State Historical Museum. Soviet artists painting Lenin

Leniniana – Soviet artists painting Lenin

Leniniana – the name for works of art and literature, dedicated to Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. Anatoly Lunacharsky pointed out that Leniniana captured the image of the historical figure of world scale. On the creation of the image of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin worked many masters of the fine arts of the USSR. One of the first artists of this genre was Isaak Brodsky (1883-1939) – Soviet Russian painter and graphic artist, teacher and organizer of art education, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1932), one of the main representatives of the realist movement in Soviet art of 1930-ies, the author of an extensive pictorial Leniniana. Starting from 1917 the image of Lenin entered into works of arts and crafts, especially in the works of the masters of the Union republics of the USSR.

Soviet artists painting Lenin. A. Rylov. Lenin in Razliv. Oil on canvas, 1934. State Russian Museum

A. Rylov. Lenin in Razliv. Oil on canvas, 1934. State Russian Museum

Living in Razliv, Lenin continued to guide the work of the party on the preparation of the socialist revolution. He was brought here all the newspapers published in the capital. Members of the Party Central Committee – Stalin, Dzerzhinsky, Sverdlov and other party workers visited him. There he wrote a number of articles on the political situation in the country, which formed the basis of decisions of the VI Congress of the Bolshevik Party, which took place in the days when Lenin was hiding in Razliv. The Congress party has determined the course of an armed uprising. The situation in the area of Razliv became unsafe, were seen detectives, searching for Lenin. In addition, the rains began, it became colder. And 8 August, Vladimir Ilyich went to Finland.

Leniniana – Soviet artists painting Lenin

Leniniana - Soviet artists painting Lenin

A. Samokhvalov. V.I. Lenin speaking in front of soldiers. 1934

Leniniana - Soviet artists painting Lenin

A. Zhabsky (Moscow) Living Word of Ilyich Tempera. 1977

Leniniana - Soviet artists painting Lenin

B. Ioganson (1893-1973), Sokolov (1915-2013), D. Tegin (1914-1988), N. Chebakov (1916-1968), N. Faydysh-Krandievskaya (1923). Speech by Lenin at the III Congress of the Komsomol. 1950 oil on canvas (detail)

Leniniana - Soviet artists painting Lenin

Evgeny Adolfovich Kibrik (born 1906). Victory. 1971. Oil

Leniniana - Soviet artists painting Lenin

G.S. Mosin, M . Brusilovsky. 1918

Leniniana - Soviet artists painting Lenin

Igor Grabar (1871-1960) ‘V. Lenin at a direct line ‘, 1927-1933

Leniniana - Soviet artists painting Lenin

IM Rukavishnikov (Moscow). Lenin. 1981. Metal

Leniniana - Soviet artists painting Lenin

Konstantin Rozhdestvensky (born 1906). Lenin hall. The Soviet pavilion at the World Expo in Osaka, ‘Expo 70’ (co-author Boris Rodionov). 1968

Leniniana - Soviet artists painting Lenin

Konstantin Rozhdestvensky (born 1906). Lenin hall. The Soviet pavilion at the World Expo in Osaka, ‘Expo 70’ (co-author Boris Rodionov). 1968

Leniniana - Soviet artists painting Lenin

Labas Alexander Abramovich (1900-1983) ‘Lenin’s arrival in Petrograd’ from the series ‘October’. 1930

Leniniana - Soviet artists painting Lenin

N. Baskakov (1918-1983). Lenin in the Kremlin. 1960

Leniniana - Soviet artists painting Lenin

Peter V. Vasilyev (1899-1975) ‘V. Lenin and Stalin on the conversation ‘, 1940

Leniniana - Soviet artists painting Lenin

Speech by Lenin at the III Congress of the Komsomol. 1950 oil on canvas

Leniniana - Soviet artists painting Lenin

Speech of Lenin at the III Congress of the Komsomol. 1950 oil on canvas, fragment

Leniniana - Soviet artists painting Lenin

V. Ivanov. Lenin at subbotnik in the Kremlin

Leniniana - Soviet artists painting Lenin

VF Zhemerikin (Gorky). The first anniversary of the October Revolution. 1981. detail

Leniniana - Soviet artists painting Lenin

VF Zhemerikin (Gorky). The first anniversary of the October Revolution. 1981. Oil on canvas

Leniniana - Soviet artists painting Lenin

Vladimir Arlashin. ‘Peace’ poster. 1975

Leniniana - Soviet artists painting Lenin

Yakub Annanurov (born 1916). Lenin among the Twentieth Congress delegates. 1969

Leniniana - Soviet artists painting Lenin

Isaac Brodsky (1884-1939). Speech by Lenin before the Red Army, sent to the Polish front May 5, 1920. 1933. Oil on canvas. The Central Lenin Museum

Leniniana - Soviet artists painting Lenin

VG Tsyplakov. (1915-1986), Lenin. 1947. Oil on canvas. The Central Lenin Museum

Leniniana - Soviet artists painting Lenin

A. Plastov. Lenin in Razliv. Oil. 1948. The State Russian Museum

Leniniana - Soviet artists painting Lenin

I. Brodsky. Lenin in Smolny. Oil. 1930

Leniniana - Soviet artists painting Lenin

A. Gerasimov. Lenin on a tribune

Leniniana - Soviet artists painting Lenin

I. Brodsky. Lenin in Smolny

Leniniana - Soviet artists painting Lenin

To the Universe

Leniniana - Soviet artists painting Lenin

P. Staronosov. Illustration for the book The Life of Lenin ‘. Woodcut. 1935

Abram Veksler. Demonstration on Red square. 1970s

Abram Veksler. Demonstration on Red square. 1970s

Boris Gorbunov. Lenin passing by revolutionaries on Red square. 1970s

Boris Gorbunov. Lenin passing by revolutionaries on Red square. 1970s

Evgeny Levin. Lenin in Smolny. 1978. Oil on canvas

Evgeny Levin. Lenin in Smolny. 1978. Oil on canvas

K.A. Krylov. Meeting in Smolny. 1966

K.A. Krylov. Meeting in Smolny. 1966

L. Kotlyarov. Ulyanov family. Oil. 1970

L. Kotlyarov. Ulyanov family. Oil. 1970

Nikolai Volodin (1913 - 1986). VI Lenin in Razliv. canvas, oil. 1966

Nikolai Volodin (1913 – 1986). VI Lenin in Razliv. canvas, oil. 1966

V. Zamkov. With Lenin

V. Zamkov. With Lenin

Vsevolod Medvedev (1912-1985). Lenin reading a newspaper 'Pravda'. Oil on canvas. 1965

Vsevolod Medvedev (1912-1985). Lenin reading a newspaper ‘Pravda’. Oil on canvas. 1965

Alexandr Nazarenko. Lenin and Gorky on Capri. 1983. Oil on canvas

Alexandr Nazarenko. Lenin and Gorky on Capri. 1983. Oil on canvas

Ivan Semyonovich Petrov (1923). Speech of Lenin in the village. 1986

Ivan Semyonovich Petrov (1923). Speech of Lenin in the village. 1986

Lidiya Ponomareva (1906). Lenin and komsomol members. 1970

Lidiya Ponomareva (1906). Lenin and komsomol members. 1970

Lyubov Pribluda (1929). Lenin in October. 1973

Lyubov Pribluda (1929). Lenin in October. 1973

Paramonov Alexandr Nikitich (1874-1949). Lenin on the hunt. 1927

Paramonov Alexandr Nikitich (1874-1949). Lenin on the hunt. 1927

Yakov Ocheretko (1916). Meeting of Lenin and farmers. 1967

Yakov Ocheretko (1916). Meeting of Lenin and farmers. 1967

Evgeny Samusev. Lenin and Krupskaya listening to the piano. 1968-1970

Evgeny Samusev. Lenin and Krupskaya listening to the piano. 1968-1970

Lev Samoilov (1912 - 1988). Lenin and children. canvas, oil. 1957

Lev Samoilov (1912 – 1988). Lenin and children. canvas, oil. 1957

A.I. Strakhov. Ulyanov (Lenin). Poster. 1924

A.I. Strakhov. Ulyanov (Lenin). Poster. 1924

Leonid Titarchuk. Conversation between Lenin and delegates. 1981

Leonid Titarchuk. Conversation between Lenin and delegates. 1981

Oksana Dmitrievna Sokolovskaya (1917). Lenin and Krupskaya with children. 1967

Oksana Dmitrievna Sokolovskaya (1917). Lenin and Krupskaya with children. 1967

Pavel Antonovich Skorubsky (1924). Lenin with revolutionaries. 1980s

Pavel Antonovich Skorubsky (1924). Lenin with revolutionaries. 1980s

Yuri Ananiev (1920-2005). Young Lenin. 1989

Yuri Ananiev (1920-2005). Young Lenin. 1989

Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin 'Portrait of V.I. Lenin'

Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin ‘Portrait of V.I. Lenin’

Nikolay Velicko. Lenin on Red Square

Nikolay Velicko. Lenin on Red Square

Red Saturday. 1982. Georgy Petrovich Kichigin

Red Saturday. 1982. Georgy Petrovich Kichigin

Trip to the village. 1960. Vitaly Yakovlevich Shepetovsky (1927-1988)

Trip to the village. 1960. Vitaly Yakovlevich Shepetovsky (1927-1988)

Vasily Svarog. Lenin and Stalin in Gorki in 1923

Vasily Svarog. Lenin and Stalin in Gorki in 1923

With Ilyich. 1981. Alexei Alexandrovich Shirokov (1923 - 1985)

With Ilyich. 1981. Alexei Alexandrovich Shirokov (1923 – 1985)

Ivan Golitsyn (1916-1984). Lenin among peasants. 1970

Ivan Golitsyn (1916-1984). Lenin among peasants. 1970

Drawing by A. Reznichenko. A boy's secret

Drawing by A. Reznichenko. A boy’s secret

E. Troshev. To Shushenskoye. 1964

E. Troshev. To Shushenskoye. 1964

All images – scanned
from Soviet era magazines and illustrated albums