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Young Soviet artists painting Friendship

Young Soviet artists painting Friendship. Andrey Multansky 12 years old. Shepherd. Gouache

Young Soviet artists painting Friendship. Andrey Multansky 12 years old. Shepherd. Gouache

Young Soviet artists painting Friendship

‘Young artist’ – a monthly magazine of the Union of Artists of the USSR, the Academy of Arts of the USSR, the Central Committee of the Young Communist League, founded in July 1936. The magazine introduced its readers with the best works of world and national classics, taught an understanding of professional subtleties, held various competitions of children’s drawings. The 1991 art contest, the “Colors of friendship” was a special, and the last – it was the year of the collapse of Soviet Union. Under the terms of the competition were taken pictures from all the republics of the USSR and edges, made in different techniques, as well as works of decorative – applied art. At the end of the competition were organized exhibitions in Moscow, cities of the Soviet Union and abroad. The participants were awarded diplomas, winners – prizes. In the competition could participate young artists aged from 6 to 16 years. Political ideals can fade, economic concepts can crumble, but moral values ​​are eternal. Love, friendship, good human relationship are alive and strong ties bind people of different nationalities. Especially children.

Young Soviet artists painting Friendship. Angelica Vikk. 13 years old. We meet friends. GDR

Young Soviet artists painting Friendship. Angelica Vikk. 13 years old. We meet friends. GDR

Alexander Afanasyev, 9 years old. Bloom. Watercolor. gouache

Alexander Afanasyev, 9 years old. Bloom. Watercolor. gouache

Alyosha Ilyinsky, 11 years old. We want peace. Gouache. Yaroslavl

Alyosha Ilyinsky, 11 years old. We want peace. Gouache. Yaroslavl

Young Soviet artists painting Friendship

Young Soviet artists painting Friendship

Luba Kazakova, 9 years old. At our school. Gouache

Young Soviet artists painting Friendship

Maya Serdyuchenko, 9 years old. White Horse. Gouache

Young Soviet artists painting Friendship

Tanya Dumenskaya, 9 years old. Flower Bazaar. Gouache

Young Soviet artists painting Friendship

Vika Tsipurdey, 10 years old. Hostess. Mixed media

Young Soviet artists painting Friendship

Northern limericks. Artist Luda Dron. 10 years old. Severodvinsk

Young Soviet artists painting Friendship

Zhenya Pelivan, 11 years old. Sower. Gouache

Young Soviet artists painting Friendship

Ashot Gevorgyan. 11. A woman under an umbrella. Gouache

Young Soviet artists painting Friendship

Karapet Gambaryan. 12 years old. Illusionist. applique

Young Soviet artists painting Friendship

Vahan Martirosyan. 7 years. King. Mosaic of matches

Young Soviet artists painting Friendship

Yeva Daryan, 8 years old. The Music lesson

Young Soviet artists painting Friendship

Lyuba Sapozhnikova, 11 yo, Magnitogorsk. Song of friendship

Young Soviet artists painting Friendship

Sanjay. 13 years old. India. Potters. Gouache

Young Soviet artists painting Friendship

Saule Azatbayeva. 12 years old. Karaganda. Kazakhstan. Concert. Watercolor

Young Soviet artists painting Friendship

Valentin Zuia. 9 years old. Orisaares boarding school of the Estonian SSR. Cheers, to visit us came pioneers. Gouache

Young Soviet artists painting Friendship

Victor Lishko. 12 years old. My city is being built. Magnitogorsk. Linocut

Young Soviet artists painting Friendship

Karen Allakhverdov. 13 years old. Derbent. Wedding. Ink and watercolor

Young Soviet artists painting Friendship

Hans Werner. 13 years old. Moscow – Berlin. GDR

Young Soviet artists painting Friendship

Niele Kalinauskayte. 12 years old. Country Fair. Watercolor. Latvian SSR

Young Soviet artists painting Friendship

Sasha Denisov, 6 years old. Victory Day. Moscow, USSR

Young Soviet artists painting Friendship

Zilvinas Lilas. 12 years old. Saleswoman of flowers. Gouache. Latvian SSR

Young Soviet artists painting Friendship

Jadwiga Lizdenite. 12 years old. At the construction site of the new Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR