Gallery of the Masters 
Boris Vladimirski
1878-1950 Ukraine/Socialist Realism
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Brief Biography-Boris Vladimirski, an official Soviet artist, was born in Kyiv in 1887. He studied under Ivan Seleznyov at the Kyiv College of Art, and later at the Academy of Arts, followed by four years at the Munich Academy of art. Stalin established his work as the face of socialist propaganda, and Vladimirski worked for the "Pravda" newspaper as their artist. His "Roses for Stalin" masked the true nature of the man. However, the "Black Ravens" painting of Stalin's secret police, the NKVD, shows them discreetly whisking people away to prison; remarkably, the picture was allowed for viewing, possibly as a warning to dissidents. |
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black ravens
boy with lanterns
lenin in red dawn
roses for stalin
