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Look closely for images depicting hatred for authoritarianism. Artists that publically unveiled their opposition to the culture and government supporting it, were imprisoned and sentenced to death. Very few artists took the risk to express themselves freely, and there is little such artwork extant, as the authorities destroyed what they could lay their hands on. This beautiful and heart-wrenching oil painting shows the underbelly of social realism, as one of a few that ponders human rights and survived the brutality of the Soviet era.
Morning In The Kitchen
Gremitskih
1952
Oil on Canvas

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Rabinovich had never met a Japanese person before or after WWII, and painted this oil using a photograph. The painting shows how he imagined the quiet beauty he imagined existing in the Japanese culture. As of today, Japan and Russia still have no peace treaty between the nations.
Japanese Woman
Rabinovich
1939
Oil on Canvas

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Girl Near The Table
Koshevoy
1960
Oil on Canvas

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In Studio Of Painter
Molchanov
1962
Oil on Canvas

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Girl Peeling Onions
Koshevoy
1950
Oil on Canvas