BATTLE-SCENE PAINTING OF RUSSIA. PART- IV.

Here is very dynamic and emotional composition. "Storm the Sapun-Mountain in Sebastopol". Very hot battle-scene. Involved "bullding" of composition. How large craftsmanship was invested in this artwork. All pieces of art - composition, painting, anathomy, intrest, inner power. What a pity i have never look at this "alive", but i hope that good dreams will come true...

Artist Peter Maltsev "Storm the Sapun-Mountain".

BATTLE-SCENE PAINTING OF RUSSIA. PART- III.

To keep Honour of Guardy... To keep face of Guard... To keep Flag of guardy. It meens to gain Victory even if death is price of it....

I see this painting first time in my life... Why its happened- i wonder of it... Power artwork... Laconic, monumental style of composition... Tragedic spirit... No sence who was painted here... Here is Art, life,  heroic deed...

Artist Benjamin Sofronov "Flag of Guard". 1974.

BATTLE-SCENE PAINTING OF RUSSIA. PART- II.

Here is one of more outstanding and finest paintings of Russian art time of USSR. It was published in all art cataloques, journals, school-books. Artwork of realy famous artist Alexander Deyneka (1899- 1969), Honoured artist, Academic, Professor of Fine Arts. He was very very productive Artist, greatly tallented. He was marked by goverment, so everytime he got much of orders. All Moscow metro mosaics, monumental painting, easel paintings more and more artworks he done...

He had his own, conceptual point of view on art definitive of another Rus. fine art of that time. Throught he everytime was "Goverment artist" he liked to show in his paints what he didnt like in that style of life. Even some modern art critics called his exchibition: "Deyneka- fighter against Kommunism and Soviet state." It was many discussions in press about it.

Here you see one of his Battle paintings "Defenseof Sebastopol". Its one of my lovest paints of my deep childhood. Subject- Russian marine solders defend Sebastopol by fashist army. It was one of longest and terrible battales of that war. Sebastopol failed after long bloody fear. It was fear for two sides of warriors- rus and Germ. All feel themselves as in deep hell. As generals of both armies too. So ok- its not history tale... Look at THIS!!!

BATTLE-SCENE PAINTING OF RUSSIA. PART- I.

Here i begin new theme in my blog. Its "Battle-scene painting of Russia". I want to dedicate it to univesary of final of World War -II. In Russia it took time since 1941 till 1945 years. I feel that no sence to wright here about history of war (but i know it fine. from different points of view). Here better tell about "War in Art". 

First exchibited artwork dedicated to first point of battle in Rus- Brest Fortress. It was a plan of attak which didn't include this little fort in. But garrison of Brest Fort fighted more than one month against more dominated forces of enemies who have hard guns, modern planes, exelent teached solders! Till death of last solder. After battle German Generals and Hitler presently visited Brest Fort that to learn- WHAT it was and why...

"Defence of Brest Fortress."  Artist- Krivonogov (1911-1967). Krivonogov- one of famous Russian battle-scene artists. He really took part in battles of that war. After he worked in Workshop of Millitary Artists named of artist Grekov. So where painted many artworks.

This is one of my lovest paintings of my childhood.
Note - Brest- town on border of Belorussia and Poland.