Soviet Art

Galina Ulanova (8 January 1910 – 21 March 1998) in “Bakhchisarai Fountain”. 1958 Soviet Ballet Matchbox Labels

1958 Soviet Ballet Matchbox Labels
Balabanovo experimental factory in Kaluga region issued in 1958 a series of matchbox labels on the theme of Soviet ballet. Labels with images of outstanding ballerinas of the 20th century – Olga Lepeshinskaya, Galina Ulanova, Marina Semyonova, Marianna Bogolyubskaya, Sulamith Messerer, Anatoly Kuznetsov, Vladimir Preobrazhensky, Asaf Messerer, Michael Gabovich, and other famous Soviet ballet dancers. The inscriptions on the labels are in French, as in 1958, gift sets of matches were shown on various subjects in the Soviet pavilion at the World Exhibition in Brussels.
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Soviet Children Learning Art

Soviet Children Learning Art … Everyone has his own, unique childhood. But there are common elements that unite several generations in one concept: the Soviet people. And all of them come from childhood. Regardless of nationality, Soviet children were brought up on the same values. Kids in kindergarten were taught to distinguish between good and bad, set an example of famous historical figures and prominent contemporaries: the heroes of war and labor, the best representatives of various professions. Children were also shown negative examples, and they were presented so pedagogically correct that caused rejection in young citizens of the USSR on a subconscious level.
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Soviet landscape painters – V. Dmitriev. Here fought till death

In the development of Soviet painting, landscape played an important role. Soviet landscape painters, along with representatives of other genres of painting not only displayed the new reality, but also expressed a new outlook in their works, a new system of feelings and thoughts of the Soviet people. In the 1930s in the Soviet Union began the era of ideologically sound method of socialist realism in art in general and painting in particular. Within its framework, however, with the help of various art forms, individual styles, techniques and methods and a variety of preferences achieved stylistic directions. Peaceful creation as the main content of the life of Soviet society, especially clearly reveals the turn of war and peace, and was a new impetus in the development of landscape painting. Widespread during the war interpretation of the nature as the background image for the front-line multiple scenes gives way to images of nature, imbued with joy and harmony. Landscape lyrical direction has received new impetus in its development.
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Soviet Actress Elena Proklova in Mimino, 1977, USSR

Soviet actress Elena Proklova – one of the few actresses who began acting as a child, made a brilliant career. The majority of child actors simply disappear into oblivion. Probably because Elena has been a workaholic since childhood, and was engaged in gymnastics since the age of four. Five year-old girl acted in the Kremlin, with the performance “Girl on the ball.” It was incredibly impressive, the hall applauded. At the age of 11 she has become a master of the sport in gymnastics. But her life changed one day when out of 11,000 girls who were casting for the film “Ringing, Open the Door” director Alexander Mitta chose Elena Proklova. For this film Elena subsequently received an award. There was not a single newspaper or a magazine in the country, which would not have written about it, because for the first time the prize for best actress went to the girl, not the actress. She received bags of letters and her pictures were sold in kiosks.
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One of the notable works of Soviet artist Yuly Yatchenko – “With the dream of peace. Rescuing works of Dresden Art Gallery by Soviet troops in 1945”. Image scanned from Soviet magazine “Ogonyok”

Soviet artist Yuly Yatchenko (born 1928, Chernigov region) graduated from Kiev art institute (1953), workshops of artists Sharonov and Grigoryev. Yuly Yatchenko worked as a head teacher, director, teacher of special disciplines in the Kiev art school named after Taras Shevchenko. He is a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Honored Worker of Arts of the Ukrainian SSR, Professor. Since 1963 he has been working at the department of drawing at the Art Institute (now – National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture), to which he gave more than fifty years of life. Since 1979 – Professor. Yatchenko – participant of the republican and All-Union exhibitions since 1956. In the same (1956) he became a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukrainian SSR. From 1971 to 2008, he spent more than ten solo exhibitions.
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Nobleness of being yourself. Soviet artist Yevgenia Adamova

Soviet artist Yevgenia Adamova (1913 – 1991) – People’s Artist of the Turkmen SSR (1964). Born in Livny, Oryol region, in 1932, she and her family moved to Turkmenistan, Ashgabat. She studied at the Ashgabat art school in the workshops of AI Khvorostenko and II Cherinko (1935-1939). In the formation of the artist played an important role creativity of I. Cherinko – a teacher, a friend, and later her husband. During the Great Patriotic War in Turkmenistan she worked as a poster artist of “Okna TurkmenTAG” (windows of Turkmenistan). Yevgenia Adamova is the author of thematic paintings on the life of the Turkmen people, and a series of portraits. Among the most famous paintings of the artist – “At the bed of wounded son” 1943; “At leisure” 1948; “The new song” 1950, “Nevertheless, I will study!” 1957; “Turkmen mothers to Motherland” 1967; “Happiness” 1972, and a series of portraits. Adamova was awarded the State Prize of Turkmenistan named after Makhtumkuli. Many of the works of the artist were in the Museum of Fine Arts of the Turkmen SSR (Ashgabat)
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Soviet artist Marina Uspenskaya. Self-portrait in a bright dress. Oil on canvas. 1947

Soviet artist Marina Uspenskaya (June 18, 1925 – 2007) – a book illustrator, in perfection owning virtually all graphic techniques. Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. Marina Evgenievna Uspenskaya was born in Moscow on June 18, 1925. She grew up in a family with serious artistic traditions. Her grandfather was a member of the USSR Academy of Arts painter Vasily Navozov. She studied at the Art School in memory of 1905 under the leadership of VA Shestakov (1947). She continued her education in the workshop of Book Art of Moscow State Art Institute of Surikov, where her teachers were MM Cheremnyh and VA Degtyarev. Uspenskaya was married to a famous Moscow artist, academician Boris Uspensky (1927 – 2005).
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