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1889, Nizhny Novgorod — 1973, Moscow

Shock Worker (Builder of Socialism)

1932

  • oil on canvas. 107 х 71,5
  • ЖБ-2013

  • Received in 1933 via the Leningrad City Council from the Fifteen Years of RSFSR Artists exhibition


This portrait is not so much an attempt to depict the features and character of a specific person as to synthesise a perfect specimen of the new Soviet man. Assuming the status of an act of heroism, labour in the USSR is shown as a state of unceasing readiness to scale new industrial heights. This state is underscored by the youth’s posture and facial expression. The bird’s-eye view of an industrial landscape serves as a suitable background for this monumental figure and indicates the huge scale of socialist construction.


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