Uritsky Square

• 1941-1942
• Canvas, oil
• 60 x 77
• The State Russian Museum

The importance of the panorama of the Siege of Leningrad painted by Yaroslav Nikolayev during the Second World War cannot be overestimated. This painting is an important artistic document. Depicting the sufferings and indomitable will of the people of Leningrad, the artist incarnated the city’s outer appearance with a special poignancy. Nikolayev discerned beauty in human faces, acts of heroism and cityscapes. Uritsky Square was the official name of Palace Square in Leningrad from 1918 to 1944.

Балтиец

• Gypsum
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Балтийцы

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Баррикада. Ленинград

• Cardboard, watercolours, gouache
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Будь героем!

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В очаге поражения

• Paper,
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Дорога под семью мостами

• Paper, ink, graphite pencil
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За водой

• Bronze
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Защитим город Ленина

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Из цикла "Осажденный город"

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Ленинград летом 1941 года

• gouache
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Ленинград. Утро

• Paper, watercolours
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Наше дело правое - Победа будет за нами

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Ребята, заменим отцов и братьев, ушедших на фронт! Поможем убрать урожай!

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Тревога

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У Медного всадника зимой. На Неву за водой

• Paper, gouache, whiting, watercolours
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Старшина Храпов

• Paper, ink, sepia
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At the Field of Mars

• 1942
• Canvas, oil
• 76 х 109,5
• The State Russian Museum

Vasily Kuchumov often painted the facades and interiors of the suburban palaces outside Lenin - grad. During the Second World War, he produced a large series of paintings depicting the first winter of the Siege of Leningrad. The artist portrays the stoical struggle of the city and poignant moments from the lives of the citizens, who courageously withstood all the hardships and privations of the long siege. Kuchumov depicts snow-covered ships, the sky ablaze with the fire of incendiary bombs, frozen streets and embankments, and citizens descending to the River Neva at Senate Square for water. These were the everyday events of the city of Leningrad during the war. These works were first shown a year later at an exhibition of Leningrad artists’ works from 1941 and 1942 held in the city of Perm (then Molotov), where many of Leningrad’s cultural institutions had been evacuated. In 1943 they were included in the major exhibition Second World War in Moscow.

Getting Water

• 1942
• Canvas, oil
• 58 х 141,5
• The State Russian Museum

Portrait of Maria Petrova

• 1942
• Canvas, oil
• The State Russian Museum

Maria Grigorievna Petrova (1906–1992): Leningrad radio artist. People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1978). Wife of the artist.

Maria Petrova worked as a political instructor at the House of Radio in Leningrad during the war. A member of the civil defence team of the Leningrad Radio Committee, she helped to save people from under the rubble of destroyed houses. From 1942 onwards, she performed at the Maxim Gorky Theatre of Drama, recreated during the war and known as the legendary Blockade Theatre. Petrova’s voice inspired the citizens of Leningrad both during the siege and after the war. She worked on the radio for a total of fifty-six years.

Once, during the Siege of Leningrad, Maria Petrova exchanged her bread ration for a collection of poems by Alexander Pushkin. Thirty years later, she presented the book to the poet Sergei Davydov, who dedicated the poem A Gift to her:

Slim volume of poetry, so few like you:

Exchanging her last dry slices of bread

For a collection of Pushkin’s verses

In the hungry winter of ’41...

Maria Petrova was a regular wartime visitor to the Union of Artists, where she read out the stories of Vladimir Korolenko. Her future husband, Yaroslav Nikolaev, made sketches of her while she was reading. The image in the portrait is both touching and inspired. The harmony of the light-pink and white tones of the clothes and the softly painted background is natural and beautiful. The notes of lyricism in the sitter’s outer appearance and the painterly resolution are particularly distinctive in comparison with such other works by the artist as Self-Portrait and Portrait of Vasily Vikulov.

Painter. Studied at Kazimir Zelenevsky’s studio in Tomsk (1917); Tomsk University, law department (1917–1918); Irkutsk University, history and philosophy department (1919–1920); State Free Art Studios in Irkutsk (1925–1928). Contributed to exhibitions (from 1927). Member of the Leningrad Union of Artists (1932), chairman of its board (1948–1951). Lived in Leningrad during the Siege; created a number of paintings dedicated to the heroic defence of the city (1941–1945). Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1956), People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1975).

Painter, graphic artist, monumentalist, book artist, sculptor, painter of portraits, genre scenes and watercolours, illustrated children’s books and journals, designed posters. Studied at the Baron Stieglitz Central School of Technical Drawing (1915–1917) in Petrograd / Leningrad; Petrograd State Free Art Studios / VKhUTEMAS / VKhUTEIN (1922–1925); Academy of Arts, graphic department (1926). Contributed to exhibitions (from 1921). Worked for the Okna ROSTA political poster studio (1921) and various publishing houses (1923–1925); produced monumental interior paintings for public buildings in Leningrad (1920s — 1930s). Taught. Professor (1949). Author of the book About My Work (1968–1969). Member of the arts council at the “Children’s Literature” and “Artist” publishing houses. Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1945), People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1963), People’s Artist of the USSR (1971), corresponding (1958) and full (1964) member of the USSR Academy of Arts. Winner of the Stalin Prize (1946) and State Prize (1973). Awarded a major gold medal at the International Exhibition in Paris (1937) for the Children of the Soviet Land panel made for the Soviet pavilion.

Painter, graphic artist, book and poster designer. Studied at the VKhUTEIN / Institute of Proletarian Fine Art / Ilya Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1927–1933) in Leningrad. Member of the Union of Artists (1932). Taught at the Ilya Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1933–1942). Designed posters for the Fighting Pencil group of artists (1941–1942). People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1956), People’s Artist of the USSR (1958). Corresponding member and academic secretary (1947), full member (1954), Vice President (from 1958), President (1962–1968) of the USSR Academy of Arts, corresponding member of the East German Academy of Arts (1963). Member of the Awarding Committee for the Lenin and State prizes (from 1960). Winner of the Stalin Prize (1948,1951). Awarded medals “For the Defence of Leningrad”, “For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945”, “For the Victory Over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945” (1944–1945), Order of Lenin (1957), gold medal from the USSR Ministry of Culture (1958), silver medal at the World Exhibition in Brussels (1958), Order of the Red Banner of Labour.

Старшина Храпов

• Paper, ink, sepia
• The State Russian Museum

Portrait of Maria Petrova

• 1942
• Canvas, oil
• The State Russian Museum

Maria Grigorievna Petrova (1906–1992): Leningrad radio artist. People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1978). Wife of the artist.

Maria Petrova worked as a political instructor at the House of Radio in Leningrad during the war. A member of the civil defence team of the Leningrad Radio Committee, she helped to save people from under the rubble of destroyed houses. From 1942 onwards, she performed at the Maxim Gorky Theatre of Drama, recreated during the war and known as the legendary Blockade Theatre. Petrova’s voice inspired the citizens of Leningrad both during the siege and after the war. She worked on the radio for a total of fifty-six years.

Once, during the Siege of Leningrad, Maria Petrova exchanged her bread ration for a collection of poems by Alexander Pushkin. Thirty years later, she presented the book to the poet Sergei Davydov, who dedicated the poem A Gift to her:

Slim volume of poetry, so few like you:

Exchanging her last dry slices of bread

For a collection of Pushkin’s verses

In the hungry winter of ’41...

Maria Petrova was a regular wartime visitor to the Union of Artists, where she read out the stories of Vladimir Korolenko. Her future husband, Yaroslav Nikolaev, made sketches of her while she was reading. The image in the portrait is both touching and inspired. The harmony of the light-pink and white tones of the clothes and the softly painted background is natural and beautiful. The notes of lyricism in the sitter’s outer appearance and the painterly resolution are particularly distinctive in comparison with such other works by the artist as Self-Portrait and Portrait of Vasily Vikulov.

Portrait of Partisan V

• 1942
• Canvas, oil
• 101 х 83
• The State Russian Museum

The painting depicts Dmitry Ivanovich Vlasov, an engineer at the Dubrovka Wood Processing Factory who commanded the 164th Vsevolozhsk Partisan Detachment from 1941 onwards.

Portrait of Partisan V.

• 1942
• Canvas, oil
• 48 x 40
• The State Russian Museum

In 1942 Proshkin was sent on assignment to a partisan headquarters in Malaya Vishera, Leningrad Region. The trip resulted in a series of portraits and thematic paintings devoted to partisan life, which the artist exhibited in 1942 and 1943.

Автопортрет

• Canvas, oil
• The State Russian Museum

Моряк-балтиец

• Bronze
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Пахомов А.Ф. В очаге поражения. Из серии «Ленинград в дни блокады». 1942

• Paper,
• Белгородский государственный художественный музей

Портрет И.А.Орбели в кабинете в Эрмитаже

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Портрет полкового комиссара В.И.Цветкова

• Canvas, oil
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Портрет художника А.А. Блинкова

• Canvas, oil
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Разведчик Ф.М. Хорошавин

• Paper, graphite pencil
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Хибовский И.М.

• Paper, graphite pencil
• The State Russian Museum

Портрет Героя Советского Союза, летчика-истребителя капитана С.Г. Литаврина

• Canvas, oil
• The State Russian Museum

Портрет Героя Советского Союза, летчика-истребителя старшего лейтенанта И.М.Шишканя

• Canvas, oil
• The State Russian Museum

Прорыв блокады

• Canvas, oil
• The State Russian Museum

Д.Д.Шостакович. Набросок

• Paper, сharcoal
• The State Russian Museum

Радист сержант Леня

• Paper, graphite pencil
• The State Russian Museum

Клятва балтийцев

• Canvas, oil
• The State Russian Museum

Блюдо "Блокада снята"

• faience, ,
• Тверская областная картинная галерея

Painter, graphic artist, book designer; master of genre paintings, landscapes, still lifes. Studied at the College of Folk Art (1921–1923) in Kharkiv, at Nikolai Starozhevsky’s School of Art (1920–1923); VKhUTEMAS / VKhUTEIN in Leningrad (1924–1930). Contributed to exhibitions (from 1931). Designed street decorations (1930s). One of the founding member of the Leningrad Union of Artists (1932), executive secretary (1938–1945) and member of the Board (1937–1942). Seconded to the partisan command unit at Malaya Vishera in Leningrad Region (1942). Taught drawing at the Leningrad Institute of Industrial Construction (from 1938); Vera Mukhina School of Art and Industry (from 1948) where founded the painting department (1951). Professor (1967).

Painter, poster designer. Studied at the Poltava Studio of Art (1922–1923), the Leningrad College of Art and Industry (1924–1927) and VKhUTEIN / Institute of Proletarian Fine Arts (1927–1931) in the theatrical design department, and simultaneously at Vasily Savinsky’s private studio. Contributed to exhibitions (from 1925). Worked as a designer (1931–1937). Contributed to the design of the film Counterplan (1941) at Lenfilm Studios. Lived in besieged Leningrad (1941–1945); worked as a poster designer. Taught at the Ilya Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1948–1979). Professor (1946). Chairman of the Leningrad Union of Artists (1948–1952; 1954–1958). Corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Arts (1947). People’s Artist of the USSR (1965).

Painter, graphic artist, monumentalist. Studied architecture (1937–1940) and painting (1940–1946) at the Ilya Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Contributed to exhibitions (from 1946). Taught at the Ilya Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (from 1947), headed the studio of monumental painting (from 1953). Professor (1957). Full member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (1966). People’s Artist of the USSR (1976). Winner of the Stalin Prize for "On Peaceful Fields" (1951). Awarded a silver medal by the Ministry of Culture of the USSR for "Awakening" (1958).

Uritsky Square

• 1941-1942
• Canvas, oil
• 60 x 77
• The State Russian Museum

The importance of the panorama of the Siege of Leningrad painted by Yaroslav Nikolayev during the Second World War cannot be overestimated. This painting is an important artistic document. Depicting the sufferings and indomitable will of the people of Leningrad, the artist incarnated the city’s outer appearance with a special poignancy. Nikolayev discerned beauty in human faces, acts of heroism and cityscapes. Uritsky Square was the official name of Palace Square in Leningrad from 1918 to 1944.

Баррикада. Ленинград

• Cardboard, watercolours, gouache
• The State Russian Museum

В очаге поражения

• Paper,
• The State Russian Museum

Дорога под семью мостами

• Paper, ink, graphite pencil
• The State Russian Museum

Из цикла "Осажденный город"

• The State Russian Museum

Ленинград летом 1941 года

• gouache
• The State Russian Museum

Ленинград. Утро

• Paper, watercolours
• The State Russian Museum

У Медного всадника зимой. На Неву за водой

• Paper, gouache, whiting, watercolours
• The State Russian Museum

At the Field of Mars

• 1942
• Canvas, oil
• 76 х 109,5
• The State Russian Museum

Vasily Kuchumov often painted the facades and interiors of the suburban palaces outside Lenin - grad. During the Second World War, he produced a large series of paintings depicting the first winter of the Siege of Leningrad. The artist portrays the stoical struggle of the city and poignant moments from the lives of the citizens, who courageously withstood all the hardships and privations of the long siege. Kuchumov depicts snow-covered ships, the sky ablaze with the fire of incendiary bombs, frozen streets and embankments, and citizens descending to the River Neva at Senate Square for water. These were the everyday events of the city of Leningrad during the war. These works were first shown a year later at an exhibition of Leningrad artists’ works from 1941 and 1942 held in the city of Perm (then Molotov), where many of Leningrad’s cultural institutions had been evacuated. In 1943 they were included in the major exhibition Second World War in Moscow.

Getting Water

• 1942
• Canvas, oil
• 58 х 141,5
• The State Russian Museum

Urgent Order for the Front

• 1942
• Canvas, oil
• 66 x 86
• The State Russian Museum

Nikolai Dormidontov spent the entire Siege of Leningrad in his native city. His many paintings and drawings tell the story of the epic struggle of the people of Leningrad. The besieged citizens not only fought against the cold and hunger; they also spent entire days and nights in the factories, making ammunitions for the front. The tense tones and dynamic composition reflect the heroism of the citizens, manufacturing a new tank at the Kirov Factory.

Блокадный интерьер

• Canvas, oil
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В блокаду

• Paper, watercolours
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Воздушная тревога

• Paper,
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За водой

• Paper,
• Новокузнецкий художественный музей

За водой

• Canvas, oil
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За водой

• Canvas, oil
• The State Russian Museum

За водой на Неву

• Paper, watercolours, whiting
• The State Russian Museum

Ленинград

• Paper, gouache
• The State Russian Museum

Ленинград в блокаде

• Canvas, oil
• The State Russian Museum

Painter, graphic artist. Studied at School of Drawing of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (1915–1918); Petrograd State Free Art Studios / VKhUTEMAS (1918–1922). Contributed to exhibitions (from 1922). Member of the Union of Artists (1932).

Painter, graphic artist, monumentalist. Studied at the Nikolai Seliverstov School of Art in Penza (circa 1909) and the Imperial Academy of Arts in St Pe ters - burg / Petrograd (1909–1916). Contributed to exhibitions (from 1913).

1900, Rybinsk – 1951, Leningrad
Painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer, landscapist, portraitist; painted still lifes and genre scenes. Studiedatthe Baron Stieglitz Central School of Technical Drawing (1916–1917, 1920–1922) and under Alexei Karev and Alexei Savinov at the Higher Art and Technical Studios (1922–1925). Contributed to exhibitions (from 1922). Member and contributor to the exhibitions of the Union of New Trends in Art (1921–1922) and the Circle of Artists (1926–1932; founding member and chairman). Member of the Board of the Leningrad branch of the Union of Artists (1935). Member of the team of artists (1935) (headed by Alexander Samokhvalov) working on the panel Cotton for All-Union Agricultural Exhibition.

Проверка состояния сохранности и переупаковка скульптуры

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Русский музей

• Paper, gouache
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Слушают доклад главного хранителя ГРМ М.В. Фармаковского

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Анфилада залов в здании Советсткого искусства Государственного Русского музея

• Paper, oil
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Внутренний вид в здании Советского искусства Государственного Русского музея

• Paper, oil
• The State Russian Museum

Ленинград. Русский музей. Август 1943. Первый академический зал

• Paper, сharcoal , gouache, whiting
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Ленинград. Русский музей. Здание отдела советского искусства. Август 1943

• Paper, watercolours, ink, whiting
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Сотрудники Русского музея в г. Молотове

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17 октября 1945 г. прибыли первые экспонаты, эвакуированные в 1941 г. в г. Пермь

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Война окончена. Подъем скульптуры Б.К. Растрелли «Анна Иоанновна с арапчонком» из укрытия в Михайловском саду

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Подъем скульптуры Б.К. Растрелли «Анна Иоанновна с арапчонком» из укрытия в Михайловском саду

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Распаковка ящиков со скульптурой, прибывших из г. Перми (г. Молотова)

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В отреставрированных залах музея начата развеска картин знаменитых русских художников

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Вскрывают ящики с картинами, возвращенными из эвакуации

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Монтажные работы в зале № 37 Русского музея. 1946 г.

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Послевоенная экспозиция. Установка скульптуры Растрелли «Анна Иоанновна с арапчонком»

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Балтийцы

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Будь героем!

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Защитим город Ленина

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Наше дело правое - Победа будет за нами

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Ребята, заменим отцов и братьев, ушедших на фронт! Поможем убрать урожай!

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Тревога

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Воин Красной Армии, спаси!

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На запад!

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Юноши и девушки города Ленина, самоотверженно трудитесь на помощь фронту!

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Слава Победителям!

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