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FS Shurpin . Morning of our country. 1946-1948 . TG
In 1949, Theodore Shurpin for its creation was awarded the Stalin Prize. In the postwar years was not a famous image of General Secretary. Reproductions of the painting reproduced hundreds of thousands. One of them opened the twelfth ( anniversary ) issue of "New World" for 1949 .
The artist became famous and rich : the canvas with his signature to the Soviet institutions were bought for big money. But the career he did , he liked to drink and masterfully played billiards .