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Soviet artists painting BAM

Soviet artists painting BAM. Amiran Parkosadze (b. 1941) On the construction of BAM. 1976. Oil on canvas

Soviet artists painting BAM. Amiran Parkosadze (b. 1941) On the construction of BAM. 1976. Oil on canvas

Soviet artists painting BAM – Baikal–Amur Mainline, Great Soviet construction – leading theme of Soviet art of the time. The new, fast rhythm of life experienced artists. On construction sites of the country they saw the unprecedented rise of enthusiasm with which the young boys and girls met the most amazing accomplishments. That brought joy to the creative mind of artists. Again, continuing the tradition of the masters of the older generation, the young artists were going to All-Union shock Komsomol constructions of the country to see their peers in work and life, truly recreate the images of the young builders. “For a young artist’s creative trips, trips to such places as BAM, was the beginning of everything, – said Vyacheslav Kubarev about his visit to Tynda – to see those characters sitting in the studio was impossible.

AF Kitayev. Start. From the series People of BAM. 1974

AF Kitayev. Start. From the series People of BAM. 1974

“I’ve recently been to the construction of the BAM: Tynda-Berkakit … what I saw exceeded my expectations … It is a city of young people, the city of fun, good people … it was a pleasure to draw these great guys. Indeed, many works convey distinctive marks of the time – boys and girls are paving roads, erecting the city, drilling oil wells, building factories, sincerely having fun in their spare time”.

Soviet artists painting BAM. AI Maltsev. Let's build BAM. The central part of the triptych. 1976

Soviet artists painting BAM. AI Maltsev. Let’s build BAM. The central part of the triptych. 1976

Huge world of constructing sites revealed to young artists, and they find different forms of expression, conveying the scope of the creative activity of the Soviet people: high technical level of the new production and, more importantly, the specific intellectual, creative and moral qualities of the working man.

Artists sought not merely to illustrate the events that show not only the image of the young builders of socialism, but also their inner world. They sought to capture the spirit of the heroic time. They worked hard at the construction of new energy giants, new mines and workshops, new roads, there they built our bright future. Not only to build a happy moment, but also to preserve it, to think and care about the future – these sacred responsibilities of today’s youth.

Soviet artists painting BAM

Soviet artists painting BAM

DI Khamin (b. 1945) morning. BAM. 1975. Oil on canvas

Soviet artists painting BAM

GV Namerovsky. (Born in 1942 Omsk). Girlfriends. From ‘ASB’ (Baikal-Amur railway) series. 1975. Pencil on paper

Soviet artists painting BAM

IG Savenko (Leningrad). BAM. Gone into the forest. 1980. Oil on canvas

Soviet artists painting BAM

Igor Ovasapov (b. 1938) Excellent mark for Labor semester. 1975. (to students building BAM) Gouache on paper

Soviet artists painting BAM

Marat Samsonov (1925-2013) Morning of BAM. 1974. Oil on canvas

Soviet artists painting BAM

NI Innokentiev. Nikolai Kuzmin from BAM. 1976

Soviet artists painting BAM

SA Yakobchuk (Leningrad). They went to Lake Baikal. 1977 – 1978. Oil on canvas

Soviet artists painting BAM

VD Gryzlov (b. 1942) Holiday of Baikal–Amur Mainline. 1975-76. Oil on canvas

Soviet artists painting BAM

VD Gryzlov (b. 1942) Oil of Yamal. 1976. Oil on canvas

Soviet artists painting BAM

VD Mekhantev (b. 1941), Here we will live, work and study. Poster

Soviet artists painting BAM

VD Mekhantev (b. 1941), I know the city will be. 1976. Gouache on paper

Soviet artists painting BAM

VE Popkov (1932-1974). Builders of Bratsk. 1961 oil on canvas. Left side

Soviet artists painting BAM

VE Popkov (1932-1974). Builders of Bratsk. 1961 oil on canvas. right side

Soviet artists painting BAM

VF Zhemerikin (born 1942) Meeting. From the series ‘We are building on the BAM ‘. 1976. Oil on canvas

Soviet artists painting BAM

Vladislav Rozhnev (b. 1942) The concert at BAM. 1976. Oil on canvas

Soviet artists painting BAM

VM Petrov-Maslakov (Leningrad). Romantics. 1980. Oil on canvas

Soviet artists painting BAM

Automobile plant workers. 1976. Oil on canvas. Dmitry Pavlovich Shushkalov (born 11.24.1945 – 1980s). Painter of two-dimensional space

Soviet artists painting BAM

EN Tupikina (born 1945) at KAMAZ. 1976. Oil on canvas

Soviet artists painting BAM

GA Tugushi ( b. 1942) oil operators. 1976. Oil on canvas

Soviet artists painting BAM

I.I. Simonov (Sverdlovsk). Weekdays of Kachkanar. 1981. Oil on canvas

Soviet artists painting BAM

Sergey Ivanovich Galben (Born 1942) The tractor brigade. 1975 oil on canvas

Soviet artists painting BAM

SP Ponomarenko Women – Builders. 1975

Soviet artists painting BAM

V.V. Monastyrsky. Building spot of pit at the Kuibyshev Sea. 1975

Soviet artists painting BAM

Valery Skobeev (b. 1938) Seagulls over the Kama. 1973-1974. Oil on canvas

Soviet artists painting BAM

Vyacheslav Smirnov (b. 1937) Construction of Sayano–Shushenskaya Dam. 1974. Autolithograph

Soviet artists painting BAM

Yan Yulianovich Kryzhevsky (b. 1948) White-blue day. 1976 oil on canvas

Soviet artists painting BAM

Miner. 1970. Oil

Soviet artists painting BAM

Glory to the builders of Baikal-Amur rail roads

B. Rapoport. Construction of the Komsomol blast furnace

B. Rapoport. Construction of the Komsomol blast furnace

IG Savenko. BAM. Gone into the forest. 1980

IG Savenko. BAM. Gone into the forest. 1980

V.V. Rozhnev (b. 1942). Concert at BAM. 1976

V.V. Rozhnev (b. 1942). Concert at BAM. 1976