Dymshits-Tolstaya (Pesatti) Sofya Isaacovna. Agitator Worker

Dymshits-Tolstaya (Pesatti) Sofya Isaacovna

1889, St Petersburg — 1963, Leningrad

Agitator Worker

1931

oil on canvas. 124 х 71
Ж-7496
Received in 1961 from the artist, Leningrad

Period Early 20th century
CategoryPortrait
Keywords 1918-1941 (soviet period) | socialist realism | Soviet Art | female portrait | Workers
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Dymshits-Tolstaya believed that what was important in a picture was not the appearance of the depicted, but rather its social significance. In her memoirs, the artist wrote: “[…] inspired by this new man and this new woman, [...] I decided to start making a portrait, an image, of these heroines of the first five-year plans [...] Among the members of a literary circle there was one worker, a poetess of some talent, who served as my model for the picture Agitator Worker.”

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