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Tag Archives: Soviet Union
1937: Ceiling
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Deyneka: Study of a Ceiling Painting for the Red Army Theater (1937)
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Tagged 1930's, 20th Century, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Deyneka, Art, Painting, Soviet Union, Sports, Trompe l'œil
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1917: Meet the New Boss
“A portrait of Tsar Nicholas II was discovered during the restoration of a full-size painting of the 1917 October Revolution leader Vladimir Lenin. The image was ‘hidden’ for the last 90 years beneath water-soluble paint on the back of … Continue reading
1927: City of the Future
Lev Vladimirovich Rudnev: City of the Future (1927)
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, Architecture, Drawing, Lev Vladimirovich Rudnev, Soviet Union
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1899: Vasilisa the Beautiful
Ivan Bilibin: Vasilisa the Beautiful (1899)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Drawing, Folktales, Illustration, Ivan Bilibin, Russia, Soviet Union
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1969: The Color of Pomegranates
Sergei Parajanov’s 1969 film The Color of Pomegranates is an impressionistic biography of the 18th century Armenian ashug (poet/bard/troubadour) Sayat-Nova. Georgian actress Sofiko Chiaureli plays multiple roles in the film, both male and female, and the film has been seen … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Century, 1960's, 20th Century, Armenia, Books, Film, Poetry, Sayat-Nova, Sergei Parajanov, Sofiko Chiaureli, Soviet Union
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1953: Painter / Spy
Tomás Harris: Mallorca Series No.9 (1953) Tomás Harris trained at the Slade School of Fine Art and the British Academy in Rome before deciding to follow in his wealthy father’s footsteps and become an art dealer in London. Early in … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940's, 1950's, 1960's, 19th Century, Art, Espionage, Great Britain, Painting, Soviet Union, Spain, Tomás Harris, Trees, WWII
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1933: Osip Mandlestam Writes his Last Poem
And I was alive in the blizzard of the blossoming pear And I was alive in the blizzard of the blossoming pear, Myself I stood in the storm of the bird-cherry tree. It was all leaflife and starshower, unerring, self-shattering … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century, Christian Wiman, Joseph Stalin, Osip Mandlestam, Poetry, Russia, Soviet Union
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