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This is a vintage print that belongs to an original set of 32 reproduction prints entitled Soviet Painting. This print includes a descriptive protective tissue guard with the painting’s title, the artist’s name, the painting technique, the date, and a short essay about the work and the artist, providing historical and stylistic context (see last picture). Published just months before Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland (September 1939) and two years before Hitler’s devastating attack on the Soviet Union (June 1941), this poster represents the confident, triumphant face the Soviet state projected to the world-and its own citizens-before the catastrophe of World War II. The artwork, depicting industrial life at the Sormovo dockyard in Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod), dates to circa 1920. Depicts women working alongside men in heavy industry, a domain traditionally dominated by men. This visually supports the early Soviet government’s official policy of gender equality, which aimed to revolutionize traditional ideals of womanhood. The women are portrayed as strong, capable, and integral members of the workforce, not as objects of beauty or in traditionally subservient domestic roles. They wear practical work clothing (aprons, headscarves) that deemphasizes conventional femininity in favour of functionality and productivity, aligning with the “new Soviet woman” ideal. Style: Socialist Realism is an officially sanctioned artistic style developed in the Soviet Union in the 1930s and later adopted across the Eastern Bloc. It was not just an art movement, but a state policy that governed how art should look and what it should communicate. Made in The USSR. This poster was produced for global export to propagate communist ideology. Publisher: State Art Publishers (??????????????????????????? “????????? “), Moscow & Leningrad. Condition: as seen on the pictures with yellowing/brittleness (typical for this age). This is guaranteed 100% soviet period item manufactured in the USSR. This is not a recent issue, replica or tourist souvenir.

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This is a vintage print that belongs to an original set of 32 reproduction prints entitled Soviet Painting. This print includes a descriptive protective tissue guard with the painting’s title, the artist’s name, the painting technique, the date, and a short essay about the work and the artist, providing historical and stylistic context (see last picture). Published just months before Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland (September 1939) and two years before Hitler’s devastating attack on the Soviet Union (June 1941), this poster represents the confident, triumphant face the Soviet state projected to the world-and its own citizens-before the catastrophe of World War II. Yuri Pimenov’s 1937 painting, officially titled. ” A ride through Moscow”. The central figure is a young woman confidently driving a car through Moscow, depicted with short, modern hair. For the mid-1930s, this image was a potent symbol of the “new Moscow” and the “new life” where women were encouraged to take on modern, active roles outside the domestic sphere, such as driving, working, or engaging in leisure activities. The perspective from the back seat places the viewer behind the woman, looking through her eyes and perceiving the new urban landscape through her senses. Art historians note her portrayal as “self-confident youth” and “more light, feminine, elegant” than earlier representations, which reflects the Soviet government’s agenda of creating equality and promoting an idealized vision of the liberated woman. Style: Socialist Realism is an officially sanctioned artistic style developed in the Soviet Union in the 1930s and later adopted across the Eastern Bloc. It was not just an art movement, but a state policy that governed how art should look and what it should communicate. Made in The USSR. This poster was produced for global export to propagate communist ideology. Publisher: State Art Publishers (??????????????????????????? “????????? “), Moscow & Leningrad. Condition: as seen on the pictures with yellowing/brittleness (typical for this age). This is guaranteed 100% soviet period item manufactured in the USSR. This is not a recent issue, replica or tourist souvenir.

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