"Chapaev", large oil painting, Soviet Socialist Realism, 1940

This painting bears on verso an original label dated 1940. The text on the label reads that this painting is a work of an Odessa artist (his name is difficult to interpret).
Odessa is a Ukrainian city on the Black Sea. Since the beginning of the 19th century it was always a centre of South Ukrainian cultural life and a city occupied and frequented by many artists, writers, actors, etc.

The depicted scene represents an attack by the famous Chapaev's Division during the Russian Civil War of 1918-22. In foreground, we see Chapaev himself (our additional image nr.9 offers his extensive biography).

Condition: good; painted by the artist on two pieces of canvas (see image) attached to one another

Creation Year: 1940

Measurements: UNFRAMED: 87.5cm x 136.5cm / 34.4" x 53.7" inches
FRAMED: 100.0cm x 149.3cm x 5.3cm / 39.4" x 58.8" inches

Object Type: Framed oil painting

Technique: oil on canvas

Inscription: verso: original label dated 1940 and a stamp of a Hungarian museum


Keywords:
ODESSA SCHOOL, RUSSIAN; UKRAINIAN; HORSE; CAVALRY; HORSEMAN; MILITARY; HISTORICAL; HISTORIC; BATTLE

good; painted by the artist on two pieces of canvas (see image) attached to one another