Oil study to the propaganda painting " Lenin proclaims Soviet power " was executed in the late 1930s by listed Ukrainian painter , the represantative of Soviet Socialist Realism Gregory Minsky (born 1912 in Odessa).

Gregory Minsky was the classic of Soviet Ukrainian art, honoured artist of Ukraine and member of the artist union of USSR, he studied in Odessa art school and Kiew Art institute since 1938, He volunteered for the front in WWII, returned after war and continued study. His main genre is landscapes, city views and revolutionary historical paintings, Exhibitions: 1998 - National museum of Art, Kiew and Artist House (2010). For pillustrations of his old exhibiton cataloque see our additional photo and for biography, auctions results see web (in Russian) : http://minskiy.at.ua/

Provenience: purchased by the author in 1998. Literature: exhibition cataloque and on-line biography under http://minskiy.at.ua/

Inscription: on the reverse of cardboard signed and titled in Russian.

Technique: oil on cardboard, unframed.

Measurements: unframed w 19 1/2" x h 12 5/8" (49,5 x 32 cm).

Condition: in good original condition.