Fyodor Pavlovich Reshetnikov

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Actually, Reshetnikov had such success with the public, and even now is that we should not ... Elephant is an elephant

He wanted to remember what was in the audience such a success, "and even now has."

Reshetnikov Fyodor Pavlovich (1906-1988) - Russian painter, genre painter and satirist, creator of standard works of socialist realism.

People's Artist of the USSR. Member of USSR Academy of Arts. Since 1974 - Vice-President of the Academy of Arts of the USSR.

Already in his student years became famous as a virtuoso of the graphic cartoon, which helped him to become - as an artist-reporter - a party polar expeditions to the ice-breaker Sibiryakov "(1932) and Cheliuskin (1933-1934). Had been brought sketches were a resounding success, especially against the backdrop of the triumphant conclusion of the famous "Chelyuskin epic. Capitalizing on success, Reshetnikov turned to easel painting, showing only average ability, which, however, are accompanied by a sharp konyunkturnym flair. Absorbing the political myths of his paintings (Generalissimo of the Soviet Union, Stalin, 1948) quickly became "masterpieces". The samples were its socialist-realist genre paintings arrived for the holidays (1948, together with Generalissimo Stalin Prize awarded 1949), For Peace! (1950; Stalin Prize 1951), again deuce (1952).