SSU+(Laktionov)

**//By Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov: "Portrait of Stalin". Oil on canvas, 79,5 x 59,5 cm, Moscow 1949//**

Laktionov was born in Rostov-on-Don in 1910. The favourite pupil of Brodski is an arch-exponent of the highly-finished post-war style of Socialist Realism. He was awarded the Stalin Prize 1948 and died in Moscow 1972.

More Art Work by Laktionov:  =These realistic works paint an overwhelmingly positive picture of Soviet society, which must have contrasted sharply with the everyday realities of life for many people. Nonetheless, these paintings proved highly popular among the general public. =

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 * "Praised be the Great Stalin!" by Yuri Kugach, 1950. **

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