Soviet Art

USSR Culture

Artist Vasily Baksheev (1862 – 1958)

Moscow courtyard

Vasily Baksheev, Moscow courtyard

Vasily Baksheev is an excellent master of writing in the open air, his palette is light and airy, the master’s brush captured the finest, unique shades and transitions of tones. The painting of Vasily Baksheev is inherent in a quality that is very dear to a person brought up in the spirit of Russian culture, this quality is sincerity, sincerity.

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Fedorovsky Fedor Fedorovich

Prince Igor. Prologue. Sketch of the scenery. 1944

Fedorovsky Fedor Fedorovich. Prince Igor. Prologue. Sketch of the scenery. 1944

Fedorovsky Fedor Fedorovich – Soviet artist-painter and graphic artist
The author of the text is Valery Rublev. May 15, 2020.
Fedor Fedorovich Fedorovsky (1883-1955) – Soviet artist-painter and graphic artist. Fedorovsky was known primarily as a theater artist.

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Anatoly Galaktionovich Petritsky Ukrainian and Soviet painter

Anatoly Galaktionovich Petritsky is a master of the Ukrainian avant-garde.

Anatoly Galaktionovich Petritsky is a master of the Ukrainian avant-garde.

Anatoly Galaktionovich Petritsky (1895-1964) Russian, Ukrainian and Soviet painter, graphic artist, theater artist and teacher. Graduated from the Kiev Art School (1918). Studied at the Moscow VKHUTEMAS (1922-1924) with the avant-garde artists A.D. Drevin and N.A. Udaltsova. As a theater artist (since 1914) he was influenced by stylistic tendencies and constructivism. Author of easel paintings, including a series of portraits of Ukrainian writers, as well as posters and illustrations. Twice laureate of the Stalin Prize of the USSR in 1949 and 1951, People’s Artist of the USSR (1944). Academician of the USSR Academy of Arts (1947).

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Boris Prorokov Soviet graphic artist

Boris Prorokov

Boris Prorokov

Soviet graphic artist; cartoonist, satire master, poster artist, sculptor. Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. Corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Arts (1954). Laureate of the Lenin Prize (1961) and two Stalin Prizes of the third degree (1950, 1952). Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1955). People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1963). People’s Artist of the USSR (1971).

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Kutateladze Apollon Karamanovich (1900-1972)

G.K. Ordzhonikidze and S.M. Kirov in the North Caucasus. Color etching, aquantita. 1938

G.K. Ordzhonikidze and S.M. Kirov in the North Caucasus. Color etching, aquantita. 1938. Kutateladze Apollon Karamanovich

Biography

Soviet artist-painter, graphic artist. Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR. People’s Artist of the Georgian SSR. People’s Artist of the USSR. Honored Art Worker of Abkhazia, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR.

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Five legendary Soviet cafes and restaurants in Moscow

Cafe in Soviet times

Soviet cafes

Five legendary Soviet cafes and restaurants in Moscow: vegans don’t belong here

In Moscow restaurants, you can be served volovanov with Kamchatka crab, avocado and lime match, and champagne from the cellars of almost Bonaparte’s time. But life shows that pretentious establishments work for a couple of years, and then change the sign and concept. And there are places in the capital that have been open since Soviet times. It is cheap here, not always spotlessly clean, but tasty. We present our rating of the best Soviet cafes and restaurants in Moscow, take your pick!

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