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Yuri Pimenov towed the party line and was one of the most famous artists of the official Soviet art. He created propaganda paintings with scenes of idyllic life in the USSR.
Soviet art is the visual art style produced after the Russian Revolution of 1917 and during the existence of the Soviet Union, until its collapse in 1991. The Russian Revolution led to an artistic and cultural shift within Russia and the Soviet Union as a whole, including a new focus on socialist realism in officially approved art.
12 wrz 2021 · The officially sanctioned style, Socialist Realism, extolled the virtues of communism and of the Communist Party. Soviet art also played a major role in the creation of Joseph Stalin’s cult of personality as he cemented his position as the leader of the Soviet Union.
27 lis 2022 · Spanning over 80 years (1932-88), socialist realism was an official art form with an unwavering idealization of life under Soviet rule after World War II. Socialist realism took many forms: music, literature, sculptures, and film. Here we will analyze the paintings of this era and their unique visual forms.
16 mar 2017 · The high point of ‘Revolution: Russian Art 1917–1932’ is found in the gallery dedicated to the avant-garde. The bold colours of Kandinsky, Chagall, and Matiushin stand in stark contrast to the sombre portraits at the exhibition’s entrance.
Tate Modern's exhibition Red Star Over Russia explores how Russian and Soviet artists created a unique visual identity over five decades, from the first revolution of 1905 to the death of Stalin in 1953. On 8 November 2017 – 25 February 2018.
9 lut 2014 · Artists during the Thaw were given the freedom to work in previously banned styles, yet there was still an expectation that they would adhere to a party line. A popular style that emerged during the Thaw was Working-Class Impressionism—a term coined by Dr. Vern G. Swanson—which drew inspiration from French Impressionism.
