Pyotr Kozlov. Old toys. New Year holiday in Soviet art
New Year holiday in Soviet art
25 years ago the Soviet Union ceased to exist, but in a good holiday traditions, the Soviet feast remains typically Soviet. Again and again, on December 31 people sit at the Soviet New Year’s table, watching on TV traditional Soviet congratulation, now from the President, and best Soviet films “Irony of fate…” and “Carnival Night”, drink “Soviet champagne”, and eat Soviet tangerines and Soviet salad “Olivier” .
Despite all the changes of recent years, many families still preserve the Soviet Christmas cards just because they are nice. A paintings of Soviet artists on the New Year theme reminiscent of those who are no longer with us, and force to recall our childhood – the most beautiful time in everyone’s life. That is why the Soviet New Year’s painting – a piece of history of the country and of each individual family.
New Year holiday in Soviet art
A.A. Dolinina. New Year. At the tree
Alexander Mokhov. 31 December, 2005
Alexandr Gulyaev. ‘New Year’. 1967
Alexandr Levchenkov. Morning of New Year
Artist Usikov. Lenin and children at Christmas tree
Dmitry Kolupayev. Celebration of New Year at school. End of 1940s
E. Tkachenko. New Year. 1959
E. Tkachenko. New Year
Elena Khmeleva. New Year’s day
F. Reshetnikov. Arrived for holidays. 1948
Filipp Kubarev, ‘New Year’
I.P. Yakovlev. New Year present. 1954
Ilya Glazunov. Morning of a new year. 1956
Irina Rybakova. ‘Christmas tree’. 2012
Maxim Tsagarev (b. 1951). At New Year tree. 1991
Mikhail Ancharov (1923-1990). New Year
Mikhail Bobyshev. New Year tree on Manezhnaya square. 1947
New Year tradition in Soviet art
Nikita Rodionov (1947-1998). Interior with New Year tree. 1982
Pavel Radimov ‘At New Year tree’. 1943
Sergey Belov. Yellow line
Sergey Dunchev. New Year’s eve
Svetlana Shevchuk (b. 1961). New Year train
T.V. Bessonova. ‘New Year’. 1955
Unknown artist. Lenin with children on Christmas day party
V. Shcherban. Before New Year’s day
Yegor Zaitsev. Christmas tree. 1996
Yekaterina Tarakanova (b. 1932). Before New Year. 1951
Yuri Kalabukhov. New Year’s day party
Yuri Vasnetsov (1900-1973). New Year is coming. 1969